nine
8 ENTRIES FOUND:
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nines
plural
nines
Britannica Dictionary definition of NINE
1
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the number 9
2
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the ninth in a set or series
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The next card was the nine of diamonds.
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She wears a size nine.
3
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nine o'clock
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“What time is it?” “It's nine.”
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He woke up at nine this morning.
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a nine-to-five job [=a job that you work during regular business hours usually in an office]
4
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the first or last nine holes of an 18-hole golf course
— usually singular
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She didn't play well on the front nine [=on holes 1 through 9], but she was one under par on the back nine. [=on holes 10 through 18]
on cloud nine
the whole nine yards
to the nines
:
in a very fancy or impressive way
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He was dressed to the nines.
— nine
adjective-
It took us nine hours to get there.
— nine
pronoun-
I would like nine (of them), please.
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Nine out of 10 [=90 percent of] doctors agree that this treatment works.
