Nine
noun
The number following eight and proceeding ten.
I have nine apples in the basket.
Often appears as...
- nine o'clock
- nine lives
adjective
Amounting to nine in number.
She bought nine books from the store.
Often appears as...
- nine days
- nine miles
noun
A team or a side of nine players, specifically in baseball.
Our baseball nine is ready for the tournament.
Usage tips
Colloquial
noun
An old British coin worth nine pence.
I found an old nine in my grandfather's coin collection.
Usage tips
Neutral
Historical
noun
The nine Muses in Greek mythology.
In ancient Greece, the nine were highly revered.
Usage tips
Neutral
Academic
noun
The number following eight and proceeding ten.
I have nine apples in the basket.
Often appears as...
- nine o'clock
- nine lives
adjective
Amounting to nine in number.
She bought nine books from the store.
Often appears as...
- nine days
- nine miles
noun
A team or a side of nine players, specifically in baseball.
Our baseball nine is ready for the tournament.
Usage tips
Colloquial
noun
An old British coin worth nine pence.
I found an old nine in my grandfather's coin collection.
Usage tips
Neutral
Historical
noun
The nine Muses in Greek mythology.
In ancient Greece, the nine were highly revered.
Usage tips
Neutral
Academic
Definition 1 of 5
Pro Tip 1/2Ordinal Form
Nine is used as an ordinal number, for example when ranking things.
She finished ninth in the race.
Pro Tip 2/2Common Phrase
The phrase 'dressed to the nines' means to be dressed very elegantly.
He was dressed to the nines for the gala.
Pro Tip 1/2Ordinal Form
Nine is used as an ordinal number, for example when ranking things.
She finished ninth in the race.
Pro Tip 2/2Common Phrase
The phrase 'dressed to the nines' means to be dressed very elegantly.
He was dressed to the nines for the gala.
Pro Tip 1/2Ordinal Form
Nine is used as an ordinal number, for example when ranking things.
She finished ninth in the race.
Pro Tip 2/2Common Phrase
The phrase 'dressed to the nines' means to be dressed very elegantly.
He was dressed to the nines for the gala.
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Paul Tudor Jones II: Why...
On the horizontal axis is income inequality. The further to the right you go, the greater the income inequality. On the vertical axis are nine social and health metrics. The more you go up that, the worse the problems are, and those metrics include life expectancy, teenage pregnancy, literacy,
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Embrace: Low-cost,...
nine countries around the world and we hope to help many more not only with this technology but with a line of innovative affordable technologies designed for the users with the greatest intent it's only now that I fully understand what my professor meant when
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How to visualize one...
is poisonous to us. We encounter measurements like this pretty often, but because it's hard to conceptualize really large numbers, it's difficult to wrap our brain around what one part per million really means. So here are nine helpful ways to visualize it.
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The Astronaut of the...
submersibles there are chariots down into the deep ocean you're actually able to go in them often it's between two and three people and really you know it's this wild ride not for you know anywhere between sort of four or nine hours down into this
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How did clouds get their...
were named stratocumulus. Howard identified seven cloud types, but these have since been expanded to ten, cloud nine being the towering cumulonimbus thunder cloud, which is probably why being on cloud nine means to be on top of the world.
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The Doctor Who Can...
they sit themselves down at nine o'clock in a massive fruit tree and spend the whole day stuffing their faces i just get to sit under that and watch all of the little you know kind of soap opera of their day-to-day life unfold
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Rethinking infidelity...
which isn't surprising when you consider that there are still nine countries where women can be killed for straying. Now, monogamy used to be one person for life. Today, monogamy is one person at a time.
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Bring on the learning...
This linearity thing is a problem. When I arrived in L.A. about nine years ago, I came across a policy statement -- very well-intentioned -- which said, "College begins in kindergarten." No, it doesn't.
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Incredible Orangutan...
ourselves it will take her nine years to teach her youngster everything she needs to know about this complex treetop world
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Cattoos: How This Tattoo...
forever nine years old
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Paul Tudor Jones II: Why...
On the horizontal axis is income inequality. The further to the right you go, the greater the income inequality. On the vertical axis are nine social and health metrics. The more you go up that, the worse the problems are, and those metrics include life expectancy, teenage pregnancy, literacy,
Video examples
Embrace: Low-cost,...
nine countries around the world and we hope to help many more not only with this technology but with a line of innovative affordable technologies designed for the users with the greatest intent it's only now that I fully understand what my professor meant when
Video examples
How to visualize one...
is poisonous to us. We encounter measurements like this pretty often, but because it's hard to conceptualize really large numbers, it's difficult to wrap our brain around what one part per million really means. So here are nine helpful ways to visualize it.
Video examples
The Astronaut of the...
submersibles there are chariots down into the deep ocean you're actually able to go in them often it's between two and three people and really you know it's this wild ride not for you know anywhere between sort of four or nine hours down into this
Video examples
How did clouds get their...
were named stratocumulus. Howard identified seven cloud types, but these have since been expanded to ten, cloud nine being the towering cumulonimbus thunder cloud, which is probably why being on cloud nine means to be on top of the world.
Video examples
The Doctor Who Can...
they sit themselves down at nine o'clock in a massive fruit tree and spend the whole day stuffing their faces i just get to sit under that and watch all of the little you know kind of soap opera of their day-to-day life unfold
Video examples
Rethinking infidelity...
which isn't surprising when you consider that there are still nine countries where women can be killed for straying. Now, monogamy used to be one person for life. Today, monogamy is one person at a time.
Video examples
Bring on the learning...
This linearity thing is a problem. When I arrived in L.A. about nine years ago, I came across a policy statement -- very well-intentioned -- which said, "College begins in kindergarten." No, it doesn't.
Video examples
Incredible Orangutan...
ourselves it will take her nine years to teach her youngster everything she needs to know about this complex treetop world
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Cattoos: How This Tattoo...
forever nine years old
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Quote examples
Harrison Ford
American Actor
I think retirement's for old people. I'm still in the business, thank you. I have a young child of nine years old, and I want to live as long as I can to see him grow up. I'm enjoying my life and I want to stick around for as long as I can.
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Marlene Dietrich
American Actress
How do you know love is gone? If you said that you would be there at seven and you get there by nine, and he or she has not called the police yet - it's gone.
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Floyd Mayweather, Jr.
American Boxer
I would lie in bed, and I was nine years old, and say to myself: 'I want to be the richest man in the world.' I've come a long way from there.
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Wilma Rudolph
American Athlete
Later on in life, I discovered that in order for me to be successful, I had to have a challenge. I can't do a nine to five job.
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Jason Kander
American Politician
I think that it's a good thing that you want to be part of making the world a better place, including between nine and five.
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Joanna Going
American Actress
I was on 'Search for Tomorrow' for about nine months, then 'Another World' for two years.
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Michel de Montaigne
French Philosopher
In nine lifetimes, you'll never know as much about your cat as your cat knows about you.
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Jane Fallon
English Author
What I like about writing novels is that I'm in my own world for nine months.
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Shannon Sharpe
American Athlete
My grandmother raised her nine kids and raised my mom's three.
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James Caan
American Actor
I rodeo-ed for nine years. That's my other life.
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Harrison Ford
American Actor
I think retirement's for old people. I'm still in the business, thank you. I have a young child of nine years old, and I want to live as long as I can to see him grow up. I'm enjoying my life and I want to stick around for as long as I can.
Quote examples
Marlene Dietrich
American Actress
How do you know love is gone? If you said that you would be there at seven and you get there by nine, and he or she has not called the police yet - it's gone.
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Floyd Mayweather, Jr.
American Boxer
I would lie in bed, and I was nine years old, and say to myself: 'I want to be the richest man in the world.' I've come a long way from there.
Quote examples
Wilma Rudolph
American Athlete
Later on in life, I discovered that in order for me to be successful, I had to have a challenge. I can't do a nine to five job.
Quote examples
Jason Kander
American Politician
I think that it's a good thing that you want to be part of making the world a better place, including between nine and five.
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Joanna Going
American Actress
I was on 'Search for Tomorrow' for about nine months, then 'Another World' for two years.
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Michel de Montaigne
French Philosopher
In nine lifetimes, you'll never know as much about your cat as your cat knows about you.
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Jane Fallon
English Author
What I like about writing novels is that I'm in my own world for nine months.
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Shannon Sharpe
American Athlete
My grandmother raised her nine kids and raised my mom's three.
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James Caan
American Actor
I rodeo-ed for nine years. That's my other life.
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