nine
UK/naɪn/
nine numeral: a numerical value equal to 9; the number following eight and preceding ten.
Numeral
nine
- A numerical value equal to 9; the number following eight and preceding ten.
- Would they want me to vote my conscience or would they want us to unanimously go the whole nine yards, declare him sane and possibly have the trial end up in a death sentence?2007, Thomas Mchenry, Along the Rails: A Juror's Journey, page 85
- Of course, for a number to have a biography, we need to assume that none of its digits are present more than nine times.2008 March 2, Tanya Khovanova, “Autobiographical Numbers”, in arXiv, page 3, archived from the original on 20 Apr 2024
- Describing a group or set with nine elements.
- A cat has nine lives.
Noun
nine (plural nines)
- The digit or figure 9.
- Indeed, if a number does not have nines, you can remove or add zeroes at the end of a biography to get another biography of the same number.2008 March 2, Tanya Khovanova, “Autobiographical Numbers”, in arXiv, page 3
- A playing card with nine pips.
- A nine-millimeter semi-automatic pistol.
- Hiro risks turning on a small flashlight, uses it to rummage around the yatcht, picking up valuable stuff: a few bottles of (presumably) drinkable water, some food, extra ammunition for his nine.1992, Neal Stephenson, Snow Crash, page 359
- A statistical unit of proportion (of reliability, purity, etc.), counting the number of digits nine in a percentage.
- They guaranteed that our Web site would have 99.99% uptime, or four nines.
- A baseball club, team, or lineup (composed of nine players).
- The St. Louis club is the only nine in the league which gives its patrons the right to see a full game or no pay.1877, Chicago Times, July 8, 1877
Proper noun capitalized: Nine
Nine (plural Nines)
- A surname.
nine meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
nine in Hindi
- cardinal number
- नौ nau
nine in Tamil
- cardinal number
- ஒன்பது oṉpatu, ஒம்பது ompatu
nine in Marathi
- cardinal number
- नऊ naū
nine in Urdu
- cardinal number
- نو nau
More languagesFewer languages
- nine in Bengali
- নয় noẏ
- nine in Telugu
- తొనిమిది tonimidi, తొమ్మిది tommidi
- nine in Malayalam
- ഒമ്പത് ompatŭ, ഒൻപത് oṉpatŭ
- nine in Kannada
- ಒಂಬತ್ತು ombattu
- nine in Punjabi
- ਨੌਂ naũ
- nine in Gujarati
- નવ nav
- nine in Odia
- ନଅ naa
- nine in Sanskrit
- नव nava
- nine in Sinhala
- නවය nawaya
- nine in Assamese
- ন no
- nine in Nepali
- नौ nau
- nine in Pashto
- نهه nëhë
- nine in Tagalog
- siyam
- nine in Arabic
- تِسْعَة tisʕa, تسعة tisʕa
- nine in Malay
- sembilan, selapan, nawa
- nine in Indonesian
- sembilan
- nine in Persian
- نُه noh
- nine in Thai
- เก้า gâao
- nine in Vietnamese
- chín
- nine in Myanmar
- ကိုး kui:
- Sindhi
- نو no
- Dhivehi
- ނުވަ nuva
- Dzongkha
- དགུ dgu
Examples of nine in a sentence
- I first witnessed a death when I was nine years old.
- You're early today! I don't usually see you before nine o'clock.
- The five ball angled off the nine ball but failed to reach the pocket.
Synonyms of nine
Forms of nine
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | nines |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Nines |
Origin of nine
PIE word *h₁néwn̥ Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁néwn̥ Proto-Germanic *newunt Proto-Germanic *newun Proto-West Germanic *neun Proto-West Germanic *nigun Old English nigon Middle English nyn English nine From Middle English nyn, nyne, from Old English nigon (“nine”), from Proto-West Germanic *neun, from Proto-Germanic *newun (“nine”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁néwn̥ (“nine”). Cognate with Scots neen, nine (“nine”), Saterland Frisian njúgen (“nine”), West Frisian njoggen (“nine”), Dutch negen (“nine”), German Low German negen (“nine”), German neun (“nine”), Danish ni (“nine”), Swedish nio (“nine”), Icelandic níu (“nine”), Gothic 𐌽𐌹𐌿𐌽 (niun, “nine”), Latin novem (“nine”), Ancient Greek ἐννέα (ennéa, “nine”), Sanskrit नव (náva, “nine”).
Words formed from nine
- all sixes and nines
- a stitch in time saves nine
- back nine
- bent as a nine-bob note
- cast out nines
- cat-o-nine
- cat-o'-nine
- cat-o'-nine-tails
- cloud nine
- cloud number nine
- club nine
- dressed to the nines
- eighty-nine
- false nine
- feel nine feet tall
- fifty-nine
- five and nine
- five-nine
- forty-nine
- four-and-nine
- front nine
- grade nine
- knicky-knocky-nine-doors
- long nine
- my very educated mother just served us nine pizzas
- my very educated mother just served us nine pumpkins
- my very excellent mother just served us nine pizzas
- nicky-nicky-nine-doors
- nine ball
- nine-ball
- nine-banded armadillo
- ninebark
- nine bows
- nine-darter
- nine-dash line
- nine days wonder
- nine-day wonder
- nine day wonder
- nine days' wonder
- Nine Elms
- nine-eyes
- nine figures
- nineholes
- nine hundred
- nineish
- nine-killer
- nineling
- nine lives
- nine men's morris
- Nine Mile
- nineness
- nine night
- nine-nine-nine
- nine nine nine
- nine-nine-six
- nine o'clock
- nine one one
- nine-one-one
- ninepence
- ninepenny
Phrases with nine
- fifty nine
- forty nine
- sixty nine
- eighty nine
- nine nights
- ninety nine
- number nine
- Planet Nine
- thirty nine
- triple nine
- twenty nine
- nine elevens
29 more phrasesFewer phrases
- Nine Old Men
- nine to five
- seventy nine
- nine one ones
- nine thousand
- nine to fived
- nine to fives
- on cloud nine
- nine to fiving
- nine while five
- nine day wonders
- cat o' nine tails
- nine days wonders
- nine days' wonders
- nine points circle
- over nine thousand
- felt nine feet tall
- nine points circles
- nine ways to Sunday
- the full nine yards
- feels nine feet tall
- the whole nine miles
- the whole nine yards
- nine times out of ten
- feeling nine feet tall
- queer as a nine bob note
- nine you're fine, ten you're mine
- the switch in time that saved nine
- possession is nine points of the law
Words that rhyme with nine
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- design
- divine
- combine
- pine
- spline
- swine
- consign
- frankenstein
- refine
- vine
- whine
- benign
- chine
- in line
- intertwine
- recline
- resign
- rine
- undermine
- wine
- affine
- anodyne
- dine
- gold mine
- incline
- malign
- opine
- outshine
- propine
- red line
- shrine
- syne
- tine
- trunk line
- tyne
- atrine
- berine
- bine
- brine
- cline
- confine
- disentwine
- einstein
- equine
- offline
- quine
- repine
- rhine
Questions about nine
- What does nine mean?
- Nine means a numerical value equal to 9; the number following eight and preceding ten.
- What is nine in Hindi?
- Nine in Hindi is नौ (nau). See Nine meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is nine?
- Nine can be a numeral, a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce nine?
- Nine is pronounced /naɪn/ (UK).
Words near nine in the dictionary
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