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nine

nine

1.0
Being one more than eight
  • adjective
  • /naɪn/
translation icon : nueve
  • The movie was released exactly nine weeks ago.

So you can see this is a nine month bump.

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Examples

  • Oh, and she's at a bar nine months pregnant.

  • She's a maybe like a nine week old munchkin Kitty.

  • I got to go with a nine link.

  • So you can see this is a nine month bump.

  • But this is an absolutely perfect nine day old D shell.

  • Nobody is OK with aborting a, a nine month old baby.

  • The teacher asked the students to count to nine on their fingers.

  • He celebrated his nine birthday with a big cake and lots of friends.

Synonyms

niner
vsnine
  • Specialized
57 9.9

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

is the ordinary name for that value, not a special radio pronunciation
IX
vsnine
18 2.6

A Roman number for nine

is the everyday spoken or written name for that value rather than the symbol

Idioms

6 2.0

In almost all cases

5 4.6

To feel very happy and excited

on cloud nine
  • Informal
2 4.1

Feeling very happy and excited

9.1

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

Compounds

cloud nine
  • Informal
7 4.0

Feeling very happy and excited after something very good happens

nine iron
  • Jargon
2 5.9

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

1 9.9

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

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

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

nine-day wonder
  • Archaic
8.4

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

6.7

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

sixty-nine
  • Offensive
9.9

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

Surface Forms

nine positive

Etymology

Nine as an adjective is the same old number word found across Europe, like German neun or Spanish nueve, and it describes something that is 'one more than eight'.