nine
Americannoun
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a cardinal number, eight plus one.
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a symbol for this number, as 9 or IX.
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a set of this many persons or things.
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a baseball team.
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a playing card with nine pips.
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the Nine, the Muses.
adjective
idioms
noun
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the cardinal number that is the sum of one and eight See also number
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a numeral, 9, IX, etc, representing this number
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something representing, represented by, or consisting of nine units, such as a playing card with nine symbols on it
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Also: nine o'clock. nine hours after noon or midnight
the play starts at nine
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informal elaborately dressed
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(in Britain) the telephone number of the emergency services
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normal office hours
he works nine to five
a nine-to-five job
determiner
Etymology
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
Example Sentences
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The average waiting time for a diagnosis has now reached nine years and four months, according to a new report by the charity Endometriosis UK.
From BBC
There will be "nine uninterrupted months of structural reforms that will reshape the institutional architecture of the New Argentina," he said.
From Barron's
More than 40 football clubs across Bangladesh now train girls from the age of nine.
From Barron's
He made four three-pointers and had nine assists and five rebounds.
From Los Angeles Times
Vesia has struck out five of the nine batters he has faced across three appearances this spring.
From Los Angeles Times
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