ninth

Speech parts

1. ninth - Noun

2. ninth - Adjective

3. ninth - Verb

4. ninth - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Following the eight and preceding the tenth; coming after eight others.

Constituting or being one of nine equal parts into which anything is divided.

The quotient of one divided by nine; one of nine equal parts of a thing; the next after the eighth.

An interval containing an octave and a second.

A chord of the dominant seventh with the ninth added.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

9th one-ninth five ordinal nine fifth fresh sixth seventh eighth tenth twelfth hundredth niner ninefold

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Hypernyms

rank common fraction simple fraction

Phrases with the word

the forty-ninth the twenty-ninth day the twenty-ninth place the twenty-ninth position the twenty-ninth day in a calendar month the forty-ninth spot

Examples

going into the ninth they were a run ahead Source: Internet

Abreu connected in the sixth, eighth and ninth innings at Wrigley Field for the first three-homer game of the All-Star slugger’s career. Source: Internet

A 1999 survey of students indicated that approximately 40% of ninth graders across the United States report having had sexual intercourse. Source: Internet

715.1 million individuals watched the final match of this tournament (a ninth of the entire population of the planet). Source: Internet

2001–2003 saw a lean period for the club where finals were not realised for three years – finishing twelfth, ninth and twelfth respectively. Source: Internet

After Bryce Harper hit a tying sacrifice fly in the ninth, the Braves handed Workman (0-1) a loss in the bottom half. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

Nintendocore Nintendonitis Nintendrone ninth chord ninth cranial nerve ninth grade