ninth
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- noun
- /naɪnθ/
:
novena parte
- GBD 2000 ranked iron deficiency ninth among the risk factors that contribute to human death and disability.
- about one-ninth
- one-ninth
- ninth to twelfth
Examples
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You will return for duty - on Monday the ninth.
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On November ninth, we were sent an email that gave us the new rates.
Blog text (15) -
Today, they make up about one-ninth of the total.
Academic text (1997) -
Eight days we searched the desert for my scout and found it on the ninth.
Fiction book (2001) -
Cycle tracks had the lowest injury risk, about one-ninth the risk of the reference route type.
Academic text (2012) -
The Kayak Fishing Classics conducted the ninth of ten open tournaments on September 15 in Tampa Bay.
Blog text (29) -
Barbara ("Sunny") Burhman, later to distinguish herself at Cornell, would graduate only ninth in a class of eighty-two.
Fiction book (1991) -
After slicing the pizza into nine equal pieces, she offered him the ninth slice as the smallest portion.
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In the race, he came in ninth, which was better than he had expected considering the competition.
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When the teacher divided the class into groups, each group contained one ninth of the students.
Synonyms
Compounds
- Informal
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7.4
The last part of the final inning in baseball when the home team bats, a final chance to win
- Specialized
A brain nerve that helps you swallow, taste the back of the tongue, and move throat muscles
A major Jewish fast day when people mourn the destruction of the temples in Jerusalem
A major Jewish day when people do not eat or drink to remember when the temples in Jerusalem were destroyed
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Ninth comes from the old English word for nine plus the ending -th, which shows a part or position. So a ninth is 'one of nine' equal parts.