Meaning of ninth in English

Table of contents
  1. Pronunciation
  2. Classifying Adjective
    1. Definitions
  3. Noun
    1. Definitions

  1. Pronunciation

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  1. Classifying Adjective

    ninth

    Definitions

    1. coming next after the eighth and just before the tenth in position

    Synonyms

  2. Noun

    ninth

    Definitions

    1. position nine in a countable series of things

    Examples

    • « going into the ninth they were a run ahead »
  3. 2. a ninth part

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