nine has definitions from the fields of baseball,sport,mathematics
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[ adjective ] denoting a quantity consisting of one more than eight and one less than ten

Synonyms

9 ix

Used in print

(L. Don Leet and Florence J. Leet, editors, The World of...)

While accounts of the progress of the tsunami came_in from various points in the Pacific ( Midway reported it was covered with nine feet of water ) , the Hawaiian station made its calculations and notified the military_services and the police that the first big wave would arrive_at Honolulu at 23_:_30 Greenwich_time .

(Peter J. White, "Report on Laos"...)

Now a distinguished old_man called_on nine divinities to come and join us .

(Dell Shannon, The Ace of Spades....)

About nine o ' clock , I call and see if you got any .

Mendoza did n't wake until nearly nine thirty .

(Richard S. Prather, "The Bawdy Beautiful," Cavalier...)

Ten after nine .

Related terms

cardinal

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[ noun ] (mathematics) the cardinal number that is the sum of eight and one

Used in print

(The New York Times,...)

Nine of the league 's teams play in baseball parks and therefore face an early season conflict in dates .

(E. Lucas Myers, "The Vindication of Dr. Nestor,"...)

The doctor paid the bill and they repaired_to the hotel , room number nine , to initiate Alex further into these undertakings .

They waited three minutes and_then crept out on tip-toe ; the halls were empty and they passed down_the_stairs to number nine and listened at the door .

Although a look of alarm passed_over his face , he did not arrest his movements but disappeared into the shower_room just as the chambermaid emerged from number nine .

Related terms

digit

3
[ noun ] (baseball,sport) a team of professional baseball players who play and travel together

Examples

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

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