nine

Examples

• All

• The convention reconvenes at nine for the acceptance speeches.

  The Manchurian Candidate (1962)

• Elizabeth was one of the first nine black students to attend the previously all-white Central High.

  Academic text (2011)

• Also, my mom died nine years ago this month.

• Yeah, well, nine years well spent.

  Blue Like Jazz (2012)

• "Clearly, a lot had changed for the law in the nine months since it had passed."

  Academic text (2011)

• Ideally we should finish it nine months before the launch.

  Marques Brownlee

• I was a mere boy of nine, in indiana.

  Abraham Lincoln vs. Zombies (2012)

• And there are nine documented cases of engine fires on other company ships within the past year.

  Joey & Rex Save the Church (2022)

• If you're with someone for nine years and you're still not married.

• There are nine players on each team in a standard soccer match.

Synonyms

N

niner

vsnine

• Specialized

57 9.9

A way of saying the number nine in radio to avoid confusion

is the general numeric word used outside radio communication

I

IX

vsnine

18 2.6

A Roman number for nine

is the common numeric form rather than the Roman numeral form

Idioms

N

nine times out of ten

• Informal

6 2.0

In almost all cases

B

to be on cloud nine

• Informal

5 4.6

To feel very happy and excited

O

on cloud nine

• Informal

2 4.1

Feeling very happy and excited

O

over nine thousand

• Slang

9.1

A joking phrase used to say a very large amount or level

Compounds

C

cloud nine

• Informal

7 4.0

Feeling very happy and excited after something very good happens

N

nine iron

• Jargon

2 5.9

A golf club with a high loft used to hit short, high approach shots

C

cat-o'-nine-tails

• NSFW

1 9.9

A whip with nine knotted cords used to beat people as punishment, often on ships or in prisons

N

Nine Years' War

9.1

A major European war from 1689 to 1697 between France and a group of other countries

N

nine-banded armadillo

• US

9.1

A small animal with nine bands of hard armor that lives in parts of North and South America

N

nine-day wonder

• Archaic

8.4

A thing that is very popular for a short time and then forgotten

N

nine-spot

6.7

A playing card with nine small dots, like the nine of hearts

S

sixty-nine

• Offensive

9.9

A sexual position in which two people use their mouths on each other at the same time

Surface Forms

Etymology