nine

nine

N0110200 (nīn)n.1. The cardinal number equal to 8 + 1.2. The ninth in a set or sequence.3. Something having nine parts, units, or members.4. Games A playing card marked with nine pips.5. A set of nine persons or things, especially:a. Baseball The nine players on a side, or the whole team.b. Nine Greek Mythology The nine Muses.6. A size, as in clothing or shoes, designated as nine.7. Sports The first or second 9 holes of an 18-hole golf course.Idiom: to the nines Informal To the highest degree: dressed to the nines.

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[Middle English, from Old English nigon; see newn̥ in Indo-European roots.]

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nine adj. & pron.

nine

(naɪn) n1. (Mathematics) the cardinal number that is the sum of one and eight. See also number¹2. (Mathematics) a numeral, 9, IX, etc, representing this number3. something representing, represented by, or consisting of nine units, such as a playing card with nine symbols on it4. Also: nine o'clock nine hours after noon or midnight: the play starts at nine. 5. dressed to the nines dressed up to the nines informal elaborately dressed6. 999 (in Britain) the telephone number of the emergency services7. (Commerce) nine to five normal office hours: he works nine to five; a nine-to-five job. determinera. amounting to nine: nine days. b. (as pronoun): nine of the ten are ready. [Old English nigon; related to Gothic niun, Latin novem]

nine

(naɪn)

n. 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. the Nine, the Muses. adj. 6. amounting to nine in number. Idioms: dressed to the nines, dressed splendidly, esp. in formal clothing. [before 900; Middle English; Old English nigan, c. Old Frisian, Dutch negen; akin to Old High German niun (German neun), Old Norse nīu, Latin novem, Greek ennéa, Skt náva]

Nine

 a set of nine persons, players, etc.; a baseball team, 1866; the nine muses, 1600.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	nine - the cardinal number that is the sum of eight and one9, ennead, IX, Nina from Carolina, ninerdigit, figure - one of the elements that collectively form a system of numeration; "0 and 1 are digits"
	2.	nine - a team of professional baseball players who play and travel together; "each club played six home games with teams in its own division"ball club, baseball club, clubbaseball team - a team that plays baseballbaseball league - a league of baseball teams
	3.	nine - one of four playing cards in a deck with nine pips on the facenine-spotspot - a playing card with a specified number of pips on it to indicate its value; "an eight-spot"
Adj.	1.	nine - denoting a quantity consisting of one more than eight and one less than ten9, ixcardinal - being or denoting a numerical quantity but not order; "cardinal numbers"

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combining form nona-

Translations

九九个的九岁九岁的

nine

(nain) noun1. the number or figure 9. 九 九2. the age of 9. 九歲 九岁 adjective1. 9 in number. 九個(人或物) 九个的2. aged 9. 九歲的 九岁的nine- having nine (of something). a nine-page booklet. 九…(前綴) 九…（前缀） ninth noun1. one of nine equal parts. 九分之一 九分之一2. (also adjective) the last of nine (people, things etc); the next after the eighth. 第九 第九ˈnine-year-old noun a person or animal that is nine years old. 九歲 九岁 adjective (of a person, animal or thing) that is nine years old. 九歲的 九岁的

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