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Nine has 7 different meanings across 4 categories:

Noun · Adjective · Num · Proper Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

the cardinal number that is the sum of eight and one

"The teacher asked us to count forward from zero until we reached nine, which comes right after eight."

2

a team of professional baseball players who play and travel together

"each club played six home games with teams in its own division"

3

one of four playing cards in a deck with nine pips on the face

"I need to find my partner's nine of hearts before I can complete my straight flush."

4

The digit or figure 9.

"The teacher wrote a perfect nine on my math test."

In plain English: Nine is the number that comes right after eight and before ten.

"There are nine days left until the weekend begins."

Usage: Use "nine" as a noun to refer to the specific numeral 9 when discussing numbers, dates, or codes. Do not use it to describe a quantity of nine items, which requires the phrase "nine things."

Adjective
1

denoting a quantity consisting of one more than eight and one less than ten

"She counted nine apples on the table before deciding to keep them for herself."

Num
1

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

"She counted exactly nine apples on the table before putting them in her basket."

Proper Noun
1

A surname​.

"When I met Mr. Nine at the conference, he told me his family has been farming in that valley for three generations under the name Nine."

Example Sentences
"There are nine days left until the weekend begins." noun
See Also
eight stitch ennead ten number nonagram novenine dovera
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
digit baseball team spot

Origin

The word nine comes from the Proto-Indo-European root meaning "nine." It traveled into English through Old English and Middle English without changing its original numerical meaning.

Rhyming Words
ine sine vine line mine bine zine wine dine eine pine gine kine rine fine tine cine meine reine koine
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