nine
IPA: nˈaɪn
noun
- The digit or figure 9.
- (card games) A playing card with nine pips.
- (weaponry) A nine-millimeter semi-automatic pistol.
- (computing, engineering, usually in the plural) A statistical unit of proportion (of reliability, purity, etc.).
- (baseball) A baseball club, team, or lineup (composed of nine players).
- A surname.
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Examples of "nine" in Sentences
- "Well, maybe 'twere only nine year; 'twere _nine_ or _ten_ year ago,"
- Ancelotti said: I lost a title nine points up with eight games to go.
- But 'tain't too late to mend, an' if a stitch in time _does_ save nine, it's better to take the _nine_ stitches than to wait till they are ninety times nine.
- Klitschko has had few problems defending his title nine times since winning it in 2004 against Corrie Sanders, and has said he is in top shape despite his age.
- December's Davis Cup final will pit a visiting French team that has won the title nine times against one that had not won a world group tie until March of this year.
- It was in a paper written by his healthcare advisor and father of the public option but Obama never touted it and most people had never heard of the term nine months ago.
- And on Tuesday night they, too, were eliminated, leaving the way clear for the teams from the continent that has claimed the title nine times in 18 editions of the World Cup.
- Devil, who here assumes Hel's place, orders the watch to go back and lock up _all the nine locks on the gates of Hell_ -- a lock for each of the goddesses _nine_ worlds -- and to put a padlock on besides.
- Even if you could pay them (because you are one of the few athletic departments that has major programs that make money) the cost of losing a number of minor sports and, perhaps violating title nine, is too scary for any AD or Administration to contemplate.
- The rise of _tide_ in the entrance of Keppel Bay seems to vary at the neaps and springs, from nine to fourteen feet, and high water to take place _nine hours and a half_ after the moon's passage over and under the meridian; but the morning's tide fell two or three feet short of that at night.
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