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nine(number)/naɪn/ /naɪn/- 9
- There are only nine of these rare animals left.
- nine of Sweden’s top financial experts
- Twelve people were invited but only nine turned up.
- Can you lend me nine dollars?
- a nine-month contract
- Look at page nine.
- Nine and one is ten.
- Two nines are eighteen.
- I can't read your writing—is this meant to be a nine?
- The bulbs are planted in sevens or nines (= groups of seven or nine).
- We moved to America when I was nine (= nine years old).
- Shall we meet at nine (= at nine o'clock), then?
- wearing very attractive or formal clothes
- to be very lucky in dangerous situations
- a person or thing that makes people excited for a short time but does not last very long
- almost every time
- I'm always emailing her, but nine times out of ten she doesn't reply.
- the normal working hours in an office
- I work nine to five.
- a nine-to-five job
- extremely happy
- if you already have or control something, it is difficult for somebody else to take it away from you, even if they have the legal right to it
- everything, or a situation which includes everything
- When Dan cooks dinner he always goes the whole nine yards, with three courses and a choice of dessert.
Word Origin- Old English nigon, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch negen and German neun, from an Indo-European root shared by Sanskrit nava, Latin novem, and Greek ennea.
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