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# ninth

«ninth» in Mova's school dictionary: **Ninth tells the place number 9 in order** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective, number (ninth); noun (a ninth, ninths)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Ninth tells the place number 9 in order. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/ninth/#m1)

2) A ninth is also one of nine equal parts of something, 1/9. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/ninth/#m2)

3) In music, a ninth is a gap of nine notes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/ninth/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In maths: a place in order, or a fraction 1/9; written 9th. In everyday life: «ninth grade» (USA, Canada), birthdays, floors, positions in a race. In stories: «the ninth day of the trip».

### examples

- She is ninth in the line. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/ninth/#x1)
- A ninth of the pizza is left. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/ninth/#x2)
- He finished ninth. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/ninth/#x3)
- Two ninths of the class are boys. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/ninth/#x4)
- My sister is in ninth grade. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/ninth/#x5)
- Nine ninths make one whole. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/ninth/#x6)
- It was his ninth birthday party. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/ninth/#x7)
- The ninth planet used to be Pluto, but now it is called a dwarf planet. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/ninth/#x8)
- The Daphnephoria was celebrated at Thebes in honour of Apollo every ninth year. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/ninth/#x9)

### note

«The ninth» is a place in order. «A ninth of» means divide by 9. Trap: do not mix the place «ninth» with the fraction 1/9. Spelling: ninth, not nineth. 9/9 = 1 whole. «The ninth in line» means 8 are in front.

### In the corpora

- [Great Britain is the largest island in Europe and the ninth largest in the world.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/geography/6-islands-seas-and-lakes/7/)
- [On the ninth day Abidan the son of Gideoni, prince of the children of Benjamin:](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/NUM.315/)
- [Now the king was sitting in the winter-house in the ninth month; and the brazier was burning before him.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.1010/)
- [Johanan the eighth, Elzabad the ninth;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/1CH.532/)
- [the ninth to Jeshua, the tenth to Shecaniah;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/1CH.852/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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