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nine

[ nahyn ]

noun

  1. a cardinal number, eight plus one.
  2. a symbol for this number, as 9 or IX.
  3. a set of this many persons or things.
  4. a baseball team.
  5. a playing card with nine pips.
  6. the Nine, the Muses.


adjective

  1. amounting to nine in number.

nine

/ Բɪ /

noun

  1. the cardinal number that is the sum of one and eight See also number
  2. a numeral, 9, IX, etc, representing this number
  3. something representing, represented by, or consisting of nine units, such as a playing card with nine symbols on it
  4. Alsonine o'clock nine hours after noon or midnight

    the play starts at nine

  5. dressed to the nines or dressed up to the nines informal.
    elaborately dressed
  6. 999
    (in Britain) the telephone number of the emergency services
  7. nine to five
    normal office hours

    a nine-to-five job

    he works nine to five

“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

determiner

    1. amounting to nine

      nine days

    2. ( as pronoun )

      nine of the ten are ready

“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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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of nine1

before 900; Middle English; Old English nigan, nigon, cognate with Dutch negen, akin to German neun, Old Norse ī, Gothic niun, Latin novem, Greek Բé, Sanskrit á
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of nine1

Old English nigon; related to Gothic niun, Latin novem
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Idioms and Phrases

  1. dressed to the nines, looking one's best; dressed smartly, splendidly, etc.:

    All the girls were dressed to the nines for the party.

More idioms and phrases containing 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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Example Sentences

Am I getting suckered in with memories of prime Trippier from the past two seasons, when he had nine and 10 assists?

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He was popular and clever, Mr Lee added, keen to counter a myth that Yoon struggled academically because it took him nine attempts to pass the bar exam.

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It's certainly true that the eligibility criteria has broadened dramatically since the law was introduced nine years ago, so for critics the answer would be an emphatic yes and serve as a warning to Britain.

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The head of the Toonerville gang in Atwater Village, he was suspected in nine killings, charged with six, and convicted of three.

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Stephen Bunting claimed his first Premier League victories of the season to win night nine in Berlin.

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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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