ninth
pronunciation
How to pronounce ninth in British English:
UK [naɪnθ]
How to pronounce ninth in American English:
US [naɪnθ]
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- Noun:
- position nine in a countable series of things
- a ninth part
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- Adjective:
- coming next after the eighth and just before the tenth in position
Word Origin
- ninth (adj.)
- c. 1300, modification (by influence of nine) of nigonðe, from Old English nigoða, nigend.
Example
- 1. Hancock died while serving his ninth term as governor .
- 2. Move it three times as far and it becomes a ninth as bright .
- 3. The country ranks ninth in international box-office revenues .
- 4. Updates with closing share price in the ninth paragraph .
- 5. It is the ninth state to approve such a measure since 2009 .