nine
A numerical value equal to 9; the number following eight and preceding ten.
Other meanings
Describing a group or set with nine elements.
“A cat has nine lives.”
Related words
- ninth
- ninther
Example sentences
Word history
From Old English "nigon".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “nine” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.