nine

[ nahyn ]

/ naɪn /

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noun

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.

adjective

amounting to nine in number.

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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

before 900; Middle English; Old English nigan, nigon, cognate with Dutch negen, akin to German neun,Old Norse nīu,Gothic niun,Latin novem,Greek ennéa,Sanskrit náva

Words nearby nine

Nimwegen, Nimzowitsch, Nin, Nina, nincompoop, nine, nine ball, nine-banded armadillo, ninebark, nine days' wonder, nine-eleven

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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.
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The Via Dolorosa ends at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, and is marked by nine stations of the cross.
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Denied parole nine straight times, he insists he is innocent of the crime for which he was convicted.
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If you answered nine or more, you may have won a SONY Betamax and an eight-track operating system.
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Nine new Republican senators will swear their oaths of office.
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In nine days he returned, bringing us the thanks of congress, and fresh orders.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXIX. January, 1844. Vol. LV.|Various
Dinner occurred in the middle of the day, and about nine in the evening was an informal but copious supper.
Hilda Lessways|Arnold Bennett
He had been wont to do this on other occasions, because the enemy with nine ships was within sight of the fort.
The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume XX, 1621-1624|Various
His holy book says: There is more joy over one sinner that repenteth than over ninety and nine just men.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXIX. January, 1844. Vol. LV.|Various
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

nine

/ (naɪn) /

noun

the cardinal number that is the sum of one and eightSee 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 midnightthe 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 hourshe works nine to five; a nine-to-five job

determiner

amounting to ninenine days
(as pronoun)nine of the ten are ready

Other words from nine

Related prefix: nona-

Word Origin for nine

Old English nigon; related to Gothic niun, Latin novem

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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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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