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9/10ths

9/10ths is the alternative spelling of nine-tenths.

Meaning of nine-tenths

Noun

nine-tenths pl (plural only)

  1. (literally, plural, plural-only) Nine parts out of ten; 90%; 9/10.
  2. (broadly, plural, plural-only) Almost all; the vast majority.

Questions about 9/10ths

What is 9/10ths the alternative spelling of?
9/10ths is the alternative spelling of nine-tenths.

Words near 9/10ths in the dictionary

  1. 9-man
  2. 9-omino
  3. 9-ominos
  4. 9-to-5
  5. 9-to-5s
  6. 9/10ths
  7. 9/11
  8. 9/11s
  9. 9/8
  10. 90's
  11. 90-day wonder

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Adapted from Wiktionary: 9/10ths (page history and authors); nine-tenths (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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