nine
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• adjective
Amounting to one more than eight or one less than ten; consisting of nine units or members.
"The solar system was historically taught as having nine planets before Pluto was reclassified."
• noun
The cardinal number equivalent to the sum of eight and one; a numeral (such as 9 or IX) representing this number.
"She wrote a neat nine in the final column of the ledger."
A group or set of nine people or things, such as a baseball team or a nine-hole golf course.
"We decided to play the front nine before stopping at the clubhouse for lunch."
A playing card bearing nine pips of a particular suit.
"He discarded the nine of spades to complete his flush."
• pronoun
Nine people or things previously mentioned or easily identified from context.
"Of the twelve applicants interviewed this morning, nine were invited back for a second round."
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Word Origin & Etymology
From Middle English nine, from Old English nigon, which derives from Proto-Germanic *newun and ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₁néwn̥, making it cognate with Latin novem and Ancient Greek ennéa.
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