nine
a cardinal number, eight plus one.
a symbol for this number, as 9 or IX.
a set of this many persons or things.
a baseball team.
a playing card with nine pips.
the Nine, the Muses.
amounting to nine in number.
Idioms about nine
dressed to the nines, looking one's best; dressed smartly, splendidly, etc.: All the girls were dressed to the nines for the party.
Origin of nine
1Words Nearby nine
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How to use nine in a sentence
This was nine fewer than what he needed just two years ago when 426 members of the House voted.
Democrats Accidentally Save Boehner From Republican Coup | Ben Jacobs, Jackie Kucinich | January 6, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTThe Via Dolorosa ends at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, and is marked by nine stations of the cross.
Denied parole nine straight times, he insists he is innocent of the crime for which he was convicted.
His First Day Out Of Jail After 40 Years: Adjusting To Life Outside | Justin Rohrlich | January 3, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTIf you answered nine or more, you may have won a SONY Betamax and an eight-track operating system.
nine new Republican senators will swear their oaths of office.
The Democrats’ Black Hole—and What They Can Do About It | Michael Tomasky | December 31, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
In nine days he returned, bringing us the thanks of congress, and fresh orders.
Dinner occurred in the middle of the day, and about nine in the evening was an informal but copious supper.
Hilda Lessways | Arnold BennettHe had been wont to do this on other occasions, because the enemy with nine ships was within sight of the fort.
His holy book says: There is more joy over one sinner that repenteth than over ninety and nine just men.
A small boy of three years and nine months on receiving from his nurse the familiar order, "Come here!"
Children's Ways | James Sully
British Dictionary definitions for nine
/ (naɪn) /
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and eight: See also number (def. 1)
a numeral, 9, IX, etc, representing this number
something representing, represented by, or consisting of nine units, such as a playing card with nine symbols on it
Also: nine o'clock nine hours after noon or midnight: the play starts at nine
dressed to the nines or dressed up to the nines informal elaborately dressed
999 (in Britain) the telephone number of the emergency services
nine to five normal office hours: he works nine to five; a nine-to-five job
amounting to nine: nine days
(as pronoun): nine of the ten are ready
Origin of nine
1Other words from nine
- Related prefix: nona-
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Other Idioms and Phrases with nine
see dressed to kill (to the nines); on cloud nine; possession is nine points of the law; whole nine yards.
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