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nine
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num
1
The number 9, one more than eight and one less than ten.
"She counted nine chairs around the table."
noun
1
A baseball team, made up of nine players.
"The home nine took the field to loud applause."
2
(informal) A nine-millimeter pistol.
"He kept a nine locked in the glovebox."
How to Use Nine
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishThe number 9, and informally, a baseball team or a 9mm handgun.
Common pairings
dressed to the nines
cloud nine
the whole nine yards
Word Forms
nines plural, Nines plural
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Etymology
From Old English nigon, part of a family of "nine" words shared across the Germanic and wider Indo-European languages.