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Meanings of nine (nines) in English

Russian
nine network
Portuguese
nine network
Spanish
nine network
Wikidata

Australian television network.

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Portuguese
9
Catalan
9
Spanish
nueve

The cardinal number that is the sum of eight and one.

9
Catalan
equip de beisbol

A team of professional baseball players who play and travel together.

equip de beisbol

Denoting a quantity consisting of one more than eight and one less than ten.

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Usage of nines in English
1
The great tract lay about twenty nines to the southward of Jamestown.
Mark Twain: A Biography. Volume I, Part 1: 1835-1866
2
Dressed to the nines: Yvonne and me ready for a night out
Black is the new white
3
He had discarded a pair of nines to make the heavy draw.
The Story of the Foss River Ranch: A Tale of the Northwest
4
They didn't have no fives left, so I had to get nines.
G'day to die: a passport to peril mystery
5
Had brown hair ratted to the nines; fancy clothes; lots of makeup.
Saving max
6
As usual, he was dressed to the nines and looked very divine.
Eve of darkness
7
They were dressed to the nines to attend church and community affairs.
Ebony
8
Within three minutes Hazleton, with his three nines, had been driven out.
Frank Merriwell's Nobility; Or, The Tragedy of the Ocean Tramp
9
Why should it form by fives for iron, by nines for hydrogen?
Ancient and Modern Physics
10
It's no good trying to master this sum, it's all those nines.
His Big Opportunity
11
Roland, however, lays Marten's plans at nines, passing the test .
Wizard and glass
12
Gardiner possessed one of the strongest school nines in the state.
The High School Pitcher; or, Dick & Co. on the Gridley Diamond
13
He found a ten, several thirteens, a seven, a six, but no nines.
The Child Thief
14
So the banter went on while the nines were being organized.
Walter and the Wireless
15
The umpire's quiet voice called the captains of the nines apart.
The Grammar School Boys in Summer Athletics
16
And as to sizes, I should say nines were the average.
As Seen By Me
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9nine network
Nines through the time
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United Kingdom
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