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9th

9th

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Coming after eight and before ten in order
  • adjective
  • /naɪnθ/
translation icon : noveno
  • In the 9th grade, my mom took me to a book signing with Stephen Hawking at the New York Hall of Science.
  • 9th grade
  • 9th graders
  • 9th-grade students

Examples

  • We are in the 9th inning of a friendly softball game between the local cops.

    Fiction book (2000)
  • Prince Charles and Camilla Parker Bowles were married on 9th April, 2005.

  • Day 49 of his 9th year.

  • Portions of this article were presented at the 9th Annual Conference of the Society for Social Work and Research.

    Academic text (2008)
  • A week before the war ended in '65, I was with the 9th Cavalry.

  • Their study included fifty-one 9th and 10th grade gifted students.

    Academic text (1991)
  • Three forms of student booklets were used to measure 9th graders' attitudes.

    Academic text (1999)
  • Editor's Note: Arne Vasios is a 14-year-old 9th grader at Packer Collegiate Institute in Brooklyn, New York.

    Fiction book (2000)
  • In the 9th grade, I started learning algebra, which was challenging yet rewarding.

  • She was excited to celebrate her birthday on the 9th of July with her friends.

Synonyms

ninth
vs9th
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Coming after the eighth and before the tenth in order

is written using numerals rather than letters

How High

9th
204 1.0
8th
269 1.0
7th
295 1.0
sixth
22 1.0
fifth
2 1.0

Surface Forms

9th positive

Morphology

9th = 9 (transparent) = 9 + th

Standard ordinal formation from the numeral '9' using the productive suffix '-th', which is directly interpretable by learners.

Etymology

9Th is the number nine plus the little ending -th that turns a number into an order. So 9th means 'the one coming after the eighth and before the tenth'.