nine /naɪn/ number
[Language: Old English; Origin: nigon]

1. the number 9:
He’s only been in this job for nine months.
We open at nine (=nine o'clock).
Kay was taught by her mother till she was nine (=nine years old).

2. nine times out of ten almost always:
Nine times out of ten we can solve the problem over the phone.

3. a nine days’ wonder a thing or event that makes people very excited for a short time

4. have nine lives to make lucky escapes from dangerous situations
⇒ dressed up to the nines at dressed(4), ⇒ be on cloud nine at cloud¹(5)

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nine
naɪn
See: cat has nine lives , on cloud nine

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