nine
the cardinal number that is the sum of eight and one
How often you will meet it
Rank 1,427 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 12,845 times across 173,643 chapters — 0.006% of every word in the library.
What it means
noun
- the cardinal number that is the sum of eight and one also: 9, IX, niner, Nina from Carolina, ennead
- a team of professional baseball players who play and travel together also: baseball club, ball club, club each club played six home games with teams in its own division
- one of four playing cards in a deck with nine pips on the face also: nine-spot
adjective
- denoting a quantity consisting of one more than eight and one less than ten also: 9, ix
nine in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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Had he breakfasted when he left you at nine?
Other People's Money · Emile Gaboriau · Chapter 1
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The chief Gods of the Etruscans were nine in number.
Narrative and Lyric Poems (first series) · O. J. [Annotator] Stevenson · Chapter 1
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It was nine o'clock before they departed, and then they only left to please the landlord.
Admiral Peters Odd Craft, Part 14. · W. W. (William Wymark) Jacobs · Chapter 1
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Nine fathom did she sink,—erect, though hid from light Save her colors unsurrendered and spars that kept the height.
John Marr and Other Poems · Herman Melville · Chapter 1
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She had been wandering round and round for nine days, and she came at last to the iron case.
The Yellow Fairy Book: The Grateful Beasts · World Traditions (Celtic, Norse, Asian & Persian) · Chapter 1