What does "nine" mean?
The digit or figure 9.
Nine
/naɪn/ name, noun, num
name, noun, num ·Moderate ·College level
Meaning at a glance
- Primary sense: The digit or figure 9.
- Grammar: nine is listed as name, noun, num.
- Nearest alternatives: ennead, ix, 9, 9.
- Useful contrasts: dix, dilution factor ten, octet.
- Usage evidence: You must come back before nine o'clock.
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 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."
- 2 one of four playing cards in a deck with nine pips on the face wordnet
- 3 A playing card with nine pips.
- 4 a team of professional baseball players who play and travel together wordnet
- 5 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."
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- 6 the cardinal number that is the sum of eight and one wordnet
- 7 A statistical unit of proportion (of reliability, purity, etc.). plural-normally
"They guaranteed that our Web site would have 99.99% uptime, or four nines."
- 8 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."
Adjective
- 1 being one more than eight wordnet
Numeral
- 1 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?"
- 2 Describing a group or set with nine elements.
"A cat has nine lives."
Proper Noun
- 1 A surname.
Synonyms
All synonymsExample
"You must come back before nine o'clock."
Common questions
What is a synonym for "nine"?
Common synonyms include: ennead, ix, 9, 9, ball club, baseball club.
How do you use "nine" in a sentence?
You must come back before nine o'clock.
How do you pronounce "nine"?
Pronounced /naɪn/.
Etymology
PIE word *h₁néwn̥ From Middle English nyne, nine, 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”).