/naɪn/
Translation
The number 9, one more than eight.
Word origin
From Old English nigon, the common Germanic word for the number 9.
- Origin
- Old English
- Root
- nigon
Examples
sweets .
"Nine" tells us how many sweets - 9.
.
Here "nine" tells us his age.
scored .
Here "nine" counts the goals.
Where this fits
Used in
Stories
(8)The Broken Window
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The Letter She Never Sent
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The Passenger
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The Box in the Wood
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The Midnight Piano
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The Night Route
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The Swimming Lesson
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The Last Light
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Relative clauses in English: defining, non-defining and when to drop the pronoun
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