Synonyms:
ninth, 9th
Meaning: coming next after the eighth and just before the tenth in position
noun
meaning of the word
Synonyms:
ninth
Meaning: position nine in a countable series of things; "going into the ninth they were a run ahead"
Usage examples
NINTH CHARACTERISTIC
"Ninth floor!" Philip gasped.
When it was the Six Hundred and Ninth Night,
This was on the night of the ninth of December.
On the ninth day, they once more stood on the banks of the Colorado River.
But she remained from July Ninth to July Twenty-seventh, and there were great doings 'most every day, to which the yeomanry were oft invited.
On this point we have the decisive testimony of an eminent French writer of the ninth century, Eric of Auxerre, who himself witnessed what he records.
"But in the course of my wanderings I had the good fortune to save the ninth life of a tailor--tailors having, like cats, nine lives, as you probably know.
John Scotus Erigena ('John the Irish-born Scot') of the ninth century taught in Paris; he was the greatest Greek scholar of his time, and was equally eminent in Theology.
The fellow was exceedingly grateful, for had he lost that ninth life it would have been the end of him; so he begged permission to furnish me with the stylish costume I now wear.