Naɪn Number Bre Emailing Times Ten Reply I

• i'm always emailing her, but nine times out of ten she doesn't reply.
• i work nine to five.
• a nine-to-five job
• when dan cooks dinner he always goes the whole nine yards, with three courses and a choice of dessert.

nine

1. 9
2. wearing very elegant or formal clothes
3. to be very lucky in dangerous situations
4. a person or thing that makes people excited for a short time but does not last very long
5. almost every time
• I'm always emailing her, but nine times out of ten she doesn't reply.
6. the normal working hours in an office
• I work nine to five.
• a nine-to-five job
7. 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
8. 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.