nine

About 40.87 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun NATO & ICAO radiotelephony clear code (spelling-alphabet name) for the digit 9.
2. numeral A numerical value equal to 9; the number following eight and preceding ten.
3. numeral Describing a group or set with nine elements.

   A cat has nine lives.

4. noun The digit or figure 9.
5. noun A playing card with nine pips.
6. noun A nine-millimeter semi-automatic pistol.
7. noun A statistical unit of proportion (of reliability, purity, etc.), counting the number of digits nine in a percentage.

   They guaranteed that our Web site would have 99.99% uptime, or four nines.

8. noun A baseball club, team, or lineup (composed of nine players).

Similar words

niner ennead club cardinal ix ball club baseball club nina from carolina ninth ten

Often followed by

years months hundred of days and or times in

Word family

9 Nine Nines nines