ninth
adjective
next after the eighth; being the ordinal number for nine.
ninths
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pluralof ninth.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Jagged with octave jumps, hard-to-land-on intervals of sevenths and ninths, and grinding dissonances, his high-tensioned 70-minute song cycle was even more difficult to sing than to listen to.
From Time Magazine Archive
Other than wins, Sofia has had a third, two fifths and two ninths.
From Time Magazine Archive
Sofia has had three first place wins, a third, two fifths and two ninths.
From Time Magazine Archive
It gets some unusual effects with intervals of tenths and ninths, and shows a remarkable depth of emotion.
Our ninths in oil, but not in water.
From Harper's Young People, September 28, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly by Various
