ninth
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- noun
- /naɪnθ/
- 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
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9.9
A major Jewish day when people do not eat or drink to remember when the temples in Jerusalem were destroyed
- Specialized
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8.5
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
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.