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ninth grade

ninth grade noun: the period in school that comes after eighth grade and before tenth grade.

Noun

ninth grade (plural ninth grades)

  1. (US) The period in school that comes after eighth grade and before tenth grade.
    • Ever since El Martinez started asking to be called by the gender-neutral pronouns “they/them” in the ninth grade, they have fielded skepticism in a variety of forms and from a multitude of sources about what it means to identify as nonbinary.2019 May 29, Amy Harmon, “Which Box Do You Check? Some States Are Offering a Nonbinary Option”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 08 Jun 2019
    Synonyms:
    grade nine, grade 9, freshman, 3rd year, third year, junior

Synonyms of ninth grade

Forms of ninth grade

pluralninth grades

Words formed from ninth grade

Questions about ninth grade

What does ninth grade mean?
Ninth grade means the period in school that comes after eighth grade and before tenth grade.
What part of speech is ninth grade?
Ninth grade is a noun.
What is the plural of ninth grade?
The plural of ninth grade is ninth grades.

Words near ninth grade in the dictionary

  1. Nintendrones
  2. ninth
  3. ninth chord
  4. ninth chords
  5. ninth cranial nerve
  6. ninth grade
  7. ninth grader
  8. ninth graders
  9. ninth grades
  10. Ninth Month
  11. ninth-inning

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