word-vault/dist/data/cards/ni/nine.json

A lightweight JavaScript package for English word definitions and collections.

{
    "term": "nine",
    "partOfSpeech": "number",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "9",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "There are only nine of these rare animals left."
                },
                {
                    "text": "nine of Sweden’s top financial experts"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Twelve people were invited but only nine turned up."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Can you lend me nine dollars?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a nine-month contract"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Look at page nine."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Nine and one is ten."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Two nines are eighteen."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I can't read your writing—is this meant to be a nine?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The bulbs are planted in sevens or nines *(= groups of seven or nine)*."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We moved to America when I was nine *(= nine years old)*."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Shall we meet at nine *(= at nine o'clock)*, then?"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "wearing very attractive or formal clothes",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to be very lucky in dangerous situations",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "a person or thing that makes people excited for a short time but does not last very long",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "almost every time",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I'm always emailing her, but nine times out of ten she doesn't reply."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "the normal working hours in an office",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I work nine to five."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a nine-to-five job"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "extremely happy",
            "labels": "(old-fashioned, informal)",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "if you already have or control something, it is difficult for somebody else to take it away from you, even if they have the legal right to it",
            "labels": "(saying)",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "everything, or a situation which includes everything",
            "labels": "(informal, especially North American English)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "When Dan cooks dinner he always goes the whole nine yards, with three courses and a choice of dessert."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/naɪn/",
                "audio": "ni/nine/nine__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/naɪn/",
                "audio": "ni/nine/nine__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Old English nigon, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch negen and German neun, from an Indo-European root shared by Sanskrit nava, Latin novem, and Greek ennea."
}