nine

noun

ˈnīn

: a number that is one more than eight see Table of Numbers

: the ninth in a set or series

wears a nine

: something having nine units or members: such as

capitalized : the nine Muses

: a baseball team

: the first or last nine holes of an 18-hole golf course

nine adjective

nine pronoun, plural in construction

Phrases

to the nines

: to perfection

: in a highly elaborate or showy manner

dressed to the nines

Examples of nine in a Sentence

The next card was the nine of diamonds. She wears a size nine. “What time is it?” “It's nine.” He woke up at nine this morning.

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The team earned straight nines across the board, and 27 points were added to each couple's total score. —

Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 23 Oct. 2024 Joey Graziadei and his partner Jenna Johnson finished on top of the leaderboard for the second consecutive week, tied with Danny Amendola and Witney Carson, who also scored straight nines. —

Monica Mercuri, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024 First-time patrons should know that people come dressed to the nines here, which isn’t always the case in Boston. —

Kim Foley MacKinnon, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2024 That said, our rear-drive ID.4 tester beat its German estimates by nearly a second, so the Buzz Cargo might see the mid-nines. —

Joey Capparella, Car and Driver, 15 Mar. 2023 See all Example Sentences for nine