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# nine

«nine» in Mova's school dictionary: **the number 9** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

number (nine); noun (a nine, nines)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Nine is the number 9. It comes after eight and before ten. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nine/#m1)

2) A nine is the digit 9, or a playing card or score of nine. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nine/#m2)

3) «Nine o'clock» or «nine» is a time of day. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nine/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In maths: a count written in words; 9 = 3 × 3, the biggest single digit; the 9 times table has a pattern (the digits of 9, 18, 27, 36 add up to 9). In everyday life: ages, times («school starts at nine»), sports (nine players in a baseball team). In stories: «nine lives» of a cat; «dressed up to the nines» means very smartly dressed.

### examples

- She has nine apples. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nine/#x1)
- Nine birds sat on a fence. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nine/#x2)
- He scored nine points. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nine/#x3)
- Nine children are in the group. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nine/#x4)
- School starts at nine. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nine/#x5)
- A baseball team has nine players on the field. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nine/#x6)
- Three times three is nine. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nine/#x7)
- My little brother is nine years old. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nine/#x8)
- People say a cat has nine lives. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nine/#x9)

### note

A number written in words; read it as 9. Odd number; a square number (3 × 3). A number can be divided by 9 exactly when its digits add up to a multiple of 9 (like 81: 8 + 1 = 9). Spelling: nine, ninth (no «e»), ninety, nineteen. Trap: «nine lives» is a saying, not a fact about cats.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «nine» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nine/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.