nine
part of speech
number (nine); noun (a nine, nines)
meaning for a pupil
1) Nine is the number 9. It comes after eight and before ten. tree →
2) A nine is the digit 9, or a playing card or score of nine. tree →
3) «Nine o'clock» or «nine» is a time of day. tree →
sense in the lessons
In maths: a count written in words; 9 = 3 × 3, the biggest single digit; the 9 times table has a pattern (the digits of 9, 18, 27, 36 add up to 9). In everyday life: ages, times («school starts at nine»), sports (nine players in a baseball team). In stories: «nine lives» of a cat; «dressed up to the nines» means very smartly dressed.
examples
- She has nine apples. tree →
- Nine birds sat on a fence. tree →
- He scored nine points. tree →
- Nine children are in the group. tree →
- School starts at nine. tree →
- A baseball team has nine players on the field. tree →
- Three times three is nine. tree →
- My little brother is nine years old. tree →
- People say a cat has nine lives. tree →
note
A number written in words; read it as 9. Odd number; a square number (3 × 3). A number can be divided by 9 exactly when its digits add up to a multiple of 9 (like 81: 8 + 1 = 9). Spelling: nine, ninth (no «e»), ninety, nineteen. Trap: «nine lives» is a saying, not a fact about cats.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «nine» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.