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adjective next after the eighth; being the ordinal number for nine.
being one of nine equal parts.
noun a ninth part, especially of one (1/9).
the ninth member of a series.
Music . a tone distant from another tone by an interval of an octave and a second. the interval between such tones. harmonic combination of such tones. Origin of ninth before 900; Middle English ninthe (see nine, -th2 ), replacing Middle English niend (Old English nigend ), neogethe, nigethe (Old English nigotha ); akin to Old Saxon nigutho, Old Norse nīundi, Gothic niunda
OTHER WORDS FROM ninth ninthly, adverb Words nearby ninth ninny, ninnyhammer, niño, ninon, Nintendo, ninth , Ninth Amendment, ninth chord, Ninth Commandment, ninth cranial nerve, Ninth Symphony
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Example sentences from the Web for ninth That makes New York the ninth state to require such coverage.
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Maybe all journeys should be imagined as a single day, short as a trip to the corner or long as a life in its ninth decade.
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Oyama and Marino just celebrated their ninth wedding anniversary.
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Shortly after his ninth birthday, Edwards experienced a “season of awakening.”
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Page disrupts the pattern in the second bar, moving up to the ninth , and fleshes out the figure with more harmonic support.
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I have dealt with the chief of these theories in the ninth chapter of my History of Creation, and must refer the reader thereto.
The Wonders of Life | Ernst Haeckel
The family consisted of eleven children, five sons and six daughters, of whom Brigham was the ninth .
The Story of the Mormons | William Alexander Linn
We know from other sources that during the ninth century there was a great exodus from Scandinavia.
Russia | Donald Mackenzie Wallace
And did he now sit himself down zealously and perseveringly to work on a ninth and tenth symphony?
The Life of Ludwig van Beethoven, Volume II (of 3) | Alexander Wheelock Thayer
On the ninth morning she ascended to watch for her star of mercy.
History of the Donner Party | C.F. McGlashan
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British Dictionary definitions for ninth adjective (usually prenominal) coming after the eighth in counting order, position, time, etc; being the ordinal number of nine. Often written: 9th (as noun ) he came on the ninth ; ninth in line noun one of nine equal or nearly equal parts of an object, quantity, measurement, etc (as modifier ) a ninth part the fraction equal to one divided by nine (1 /9
music an interval of one octave plus a second one of two notes constituting such an interval See ninth chord adverb Also: ninthly after the eighth person, position, event, etc
sentence connector Also: ninthly as the ninth point: linking what follows to the previous statement
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Word Origin for ninth Old English nigotha; related to Old High German niunto, Old Norse nīundi
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