Ninth Definition

nīnth
noun
The one following the eighth.
Webster's New World
The ordinal number matching the number nine in a series.
American Heritage
Any of the nine equal parts of something;19
Webster's New World
An interval in pitch of an octave and a second.
Webster's New World
A tone separated from another by such an interval.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
adjective
Preceded by eight others in a series; 9th.
Webster's New World
Designating any of the nine equal parts of something.
Webster's New World

The ordinal form of the number nine.

Wiktionary
Synonyms:
adverb
In the ninth place, rank, group, etc.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Ninth

Noun

Singular:
ninth
Plural:
ninths

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 volume appeared in 1784, leaving the work still unfinished.

  • The male opening is on the ninth abdominal segment, to which belong the processes that form the claspers or genital armature.

  • On the eighth ballot he received 1331 votes, on the ninth 3742 votes, and on the tenth he secured the nomination with 6922 votes, the result being due largely to the support of certain influential U.S. Senators, delegates to the convention, who hoped that as president he would be amenable to the Senate.

  • Having rejoined the Republican party in 1876, he was United States marshal for Massachusetts from 187 9 until 1888, when for the ninth time he was elected to Congress.

  • Huxley, in the ninth edition of this Encyclopaedia, treated of Brongniart's Batrachia, under the designation Amphibia, but this use of the word has not been generally accepted.

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