Nine

/naɪn/

Meaning & Definition

noun

The number equivalent to 8 + 1, represented in Arabic numerals as 9.

There are nine planets in the solar system.

A group or set of nine units or items.

He ordered nine pizzas for the party.

A team or group of nine players, especially in sports.

The baseball team has nine players on the field.

adjective

Being one more than eight; the ninth in a sequence.

She finished in ninth place in the race.

Relating to or consisting of nine parts.

The project required a nine-month timeline to complete.

Old English 'nigon', from Proto-Germanic '*newun', related to the Latin 'novem'.

cloud nine:

A state of extreme happiness.

dressed to the nines:

Dressed very elegantly or smartly.

down to the wire:

Last-minute effort to finish something before a deadline; often mistakenly associated with nine.

Nine to Five

Working a traditional job from nine in the morning to five in the evening.

Nine lives

Referring to a cat's ability to escape danger, as in 'That cat has nine lives!'