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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024nine /naɪn/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- a cardinal number, equal to eight plus one.
- a symbol for this number, as 9 or IX.
- a set of this many persons or things.
- Sporta baseball team.
adj. [before a noun] - amounting to nine in number.
Idioms- Idioms dressed to the nines, dressed very well or splendidly, esp. in formal clothing.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024nine (nīn),USA pronunciation n. - a cardinal number, eight plus one.
- a symbol for this number, as 9 or IX.
- a set of this many persons or things.
- Sporta baseball team.
- Gamesa playing card with nine pips.
- Idioms dressed to the nines, looking one's best;
dressed smartly, splendidly, etc.:All the girls were dressed to the nines for the party. - Mythology the Nine, the Muses.
adj. - amounting to nine in number.
- bef. 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
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: nine /naɪn/ n - the cardinal number that is the sum of one and eight
- a numeral, 9, IX, etc, representing this number
- something representing, represented by, or consisting of nine units, such as a playing card with nine symbols on it
- Also: nine o'clock nine hours after noon or midnight: the play starts at nine
- dressed to the nines, dressed up to the nines ⇒ informal elaborately dressed
- 999 ⇒ (in Britain) the telephone number of the emergency services
- nine to five ⇒ normal office hours: he works nine to five, a nine-to-five job
determiner - amounting to nine: nine days
- (as pronoun): nine of the ten are ready
Etymology: Old English nigon; related to Gothic niun, Latin novem |