Ninth meaning

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The ordinal number matching the number nine in a series.
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One of nine equal parts.
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Preceded by eight others in a series; 9th.
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Designating any of the nine equal parts of something.
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The one following the eighth.
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Any of the nine equal parts of something;19
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In the ninth place, rank, group, etc.
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The ordinal form of the number nine.
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The person or thing in the ninth position.
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One of nine equal parts of a whole.
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Origin of ninth

  • Middle English ninthe from Old English nigonthe from nigon nine newn̥ in Indo-European roots
    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
  • Middle English ninthe, from Old English nigoþa (nigonthe), from nigon (“nine")
    From Wiktionary

Ninth Sentence Examples

  • The ninth branch of the Karlamagnus Saga (ed.

  • It is not the tailor alone who is the ninth part of a man; it is as much the preacher, and the merchant, and the farmer.

  • To avenge the death of his son, Minos demanded that seven Athenian youths and seven maidens should be sent every ninth year to be devoured by the Minotaur.

  • From the peace of ZsitvatOrOk (1606) to the ninth year of the reign of Tork i ct.

  • But on the twenty- ninth of July Kutuzov received the title of Prince.

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