the cardinal number that is the sum of one and eight
See also number (sense 1)
2.
a numeral, 9, IX, etc, representing this number
3.
something representing, represented by, or consisting of nine units, such as a playingcard with nine symbols on it
4. Also: nine o'clock
nine hours after noon or midnight
the play starts at nine
5. dressed to the nines
6. 999
7. nine to five
determiner
8.
a.
amounting to nine
nine days
b.
(as pronoun)
nine of the ten are ready
▶ Related prefix: nona-
Word origin
Old English nigon; related to Gothic niun, Latin novem
nine in American English
(naɪn)
adjective
1.
totaling one more than eight
noun
2.
the cardinal number between eight and ten; 9; IX
3.
any group of nine persons or things; esp., a baseball team
4.
something numbered nine or having nine units, as a playing card, throw of dice, etc.
Idioms:
the Nine
to the nines
Word origin
ME nyen < OE nigon, akin to Ger neun < IE *enewen (> Gr ennea, L novem, nine), prob. extension of base *newo-, new, indicating a new division of the numeral system commencing with 9
More idioms containing
nine
on cloud nine
have nine lives
go the whole nine yards
Examples of 'nine' in a sentence
nine
This has regularly produced goals with the last nine games all containing three or more goals.
The Sun (2016)
More than nine in ten women survive it.
The Sun (2016)
There are nine bedrooms and five reception rooms.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
They have lived here for around the last nine years.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
The total is likely to top 4,000 based on casualties in the first nine months.
The Sun (2016)
And they've told you that they will be there between nine o'clock and three?
The Sun (2016)
He finished 50 not out as Heat won by nine wickets.
The Sun (2017)
You need to collect nine differently numbered tokens from those we have printed.
The Sun (2012)
The committee would appoint a recognition panel of between five and nine members.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
He has won his last two races by eight and nine lengths.
The Sun (2013)
They have drawn five of their nine home matches and could be held again.
The Sun (2015)
They are up from an average size eight to nine.
The Sun (2009)
They have had number nines who have worked their socks off.
The Sun (2013)
People always remember who won it but the fight has been very tight for long periods in the last nine years.
The Sun (2014)
No stammer in last nine months.
Irwin, Ann Stammering in Young Children (1988)
The ombudsman told Troubleshooter that it was upholding nine out of ten cases.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
The organist died at nine o'clock the following morning.
The Sun (2014)
The proportion was higher than 60 per cent in nine countries.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Wood came in after England had lost three wickets for just nine runs.
The Sun (2015)
For the first nine months of our lives, we live inside our mother.
Christianity Today (2000)
In York nine out of ten of the procedures were performed on women.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
The meeting was scheduled for nine o'clock.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Labour controls nine per cent of English councils.
The Sun (2010)
Here he was mainly a bowler, once taking nine wickets for five runs against another school.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
In other languages
nine
British English: nine /naɪn/ NUMBER
Nine is the number 9.
We saw nine sailboats.
American English: nine
Arabic: تِسْعَة
Brazilian Portuguese: nove
Chinese: 九
Croatian: devet
Czech: devět
Danish: ni
Dutch: negen
European Spanish: nueve
Finnish: yhdeksän
French: neuf
German: neun
Greek: εννέα
Italian: nove
Japanese: 九
Korean: 9
Norwegian: ni
Polish: dziewięć
European Portuguese: nove
Romanian: nouă
Russian: девять
Latin American Spanish: nueve
Swedish: nio
Thai: เก้า
Turkish: dokuz
Ukrainian: дев'ять
Vietnamese: chín số
Chinese translation of 'nine'
nine
(naɪn)
num
九 (jiǔ)
see also
five
All related terms of 'nine'
the clock struck nine
钟(鐘)敲了9点(點) zhōng qiāole jiǔ diǎn
to be seeded nine/fifteenth etc
第9/15 等 号(號)种(種)子选(選)手 dì jiǔ/shíwǔ děng hào zhǒngzi xuǎnshǒu
they came at eight and went at nine
他们(們)8点(點)来(來)9点(點)走的 tāmen bā diǎn lái jiǔ diǎn zǒu de