Ninth has 6 different meanings across 2 categories:
Noun
· Adjective
Noun
1
position nine in a countable series of things
"going into the ninth they were a run ahead"
2
one part in nine equal parts
"She ate exactly a ninth of the pizza, leaving eight slices for her friends."
3
The person or thing in the ninth position.
"After months of training, she finally qualified for her first race as a professional runner and became the number nine seed entering the tournament."
Verb
1
to lose a ninth
"After leading for most of the game, our team lost a ninth when they turned over the ball on their own half."
Adjective
1
coming next after the eighth and just before the tenth in position
"She finished her ninth lap around the track right before heading into the final stretch."
2
The ordinal form of the number nine.
"The ninth item on our shopping list was a bag of fresh apples."
Broader Terms (hypernyms)