Nine

Quick meaning: Nine is a numeral meaning A numerical value equal to 9; the number following eight and preceding ten.

Meaning

A numerical value equal to 9; the number following eight and preceding ten.

More Meanings

1. Describing a group or set with nine elements.
2. The digit or figure 9.
3. (card games) A playing card with nine pips.
4. (weaponry) A nine-millimeter semi-automatic pistol.
5. (computing, engineering, usually in the plural) A statistical unit of proportion (of reliability, purity, etc.).
6. (baseball) A baseball club, team, or lineup (composed of nine players).

Example Sentences

A cat has nine lives.

They guaranteed that our Web site would have 99.99% uptime, or four nines.

The St. Louis club is the only nine in the league which gives its patrons the right to see a full game or no pay.

Of course, for a number to have a biography, we need to assume that none of its digits are present more than nine times.

Word Forms

• nines

Synonyms for nine

Depending on context, synonyms include cardinal, club, niner, ball club, ennead.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include niner, ennead, club, cardinal, ball club, ninth.

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