nine

UK /naɪn/ US /naɪn/

noun 5num 2name 1

Definitions

num

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?

Of course, for a number to have a biography, we need to assume that none of its digits are present more than nine times.

Describing a group or set with nine elements.

A cat has nine lives.

noun

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.

A playing card with nine pips.

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.

A statistical unit of proportion (of reliability, purity, etc.).

They guaranteed that our Web site would have 99.99% uptime, or four nines.

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.

name

A surname.

Collocations

ADJ.

different, finished, good, locked, open, over, over, present

The nine different restaurants in our neighborhood all closed during the pandemic.

VERB + NINE

arrive, back, began, begins, book, come, go, meeting

The meeting begins at nine o'clock every Monday morning without fail.

NINE + NOUN

night, o'clock, occasions, yards

The meeting was scheduled for nine o'clock in the morning.

PREP.

after, between, in, into, on, than

She arrived between nine and half past nine in the morning.

ADV.

already

She had already been waiting for nine hours when the doctor finally called her name.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — one of four playing cards in a deck with nine pips on the fa

nine-spot

noun — a team of professional baseball players who play and travel

club

noun — the cardinal number that is the sum of eight and one

adjective — denoting a quantity consisting of one more than eight and on

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

cloud nine

Often in the phrase on cloud nine: a state of bliss, elation or happiness.

He was on cloud nine for days after she agreed to marry him.

on cloud nine

In a state of elation; very happy; blissful.

Lots of Warframers are on cloud nine right now after the announcement at Tennocon^([sic – meaning TennoCon]) yesterday!

a stitch in time saves nine

A little effort expended sooner to fix a small problem prevents it from becoming a larger problem requiring more effort to fix later.

possession is nine points of the law

Dated form of possession is nine-tenths of the law.

nine times out of ten

Very often, mostly, most of the time.

Example Bank

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?

Wiktionary

Of course, for a number to have a biography, we need to assume that none of its digits are present more than nine times.

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Tamunowari Tetenta, a 20-year-old mechanical engineering student, says he has attempted to register for his NIN on nine different occasions in Port Harcourt, a city southeast of Lagos.

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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.

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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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They guaranteed that our Web site would have 99.99% uptime, or four nines.

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