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nine

/naɪn/number

उच्चारण नाइन

नौ

Basic word

number
  1. 1

    the number 9

    नौ

    • nine planets
    • The school bell rings at nine.
    • There are nine members in our team.
    + 3 more examples
    • She was nine years old when we moved to Delhi.
    • The meeting lasted nine hours.
    • Nine out of ten students passed.

    Synonyms nonet ennead

Idioms 2

dressed (up) to the nines

(informal) wearing very elegant or formal clothes

बहुत सज-धजकर, बन-ठनकर

  • Everyone was dressed to the nines for the wedding.
  • She arrived at the party dressed up to the nines.

nine times out of ten / ninety-nine times out of a hundred

used to say that sth is usually true or almost always happens

लगभग हमेशा, ज़्यादातर मामलों में

  • Nine times out of ten, the answer is in the passage itself.
  • Ninety-nine times out of a hundred, he's late.
≈Synonyms and antonyms

Synonyms

nonet ennead

“Collocations, idioms and sayings

Dressed up to the nines (wearing very fashionable clothes), a nine days' wonder (something that is popular for a short time), the whole nine yards (everything possible).

Idioms: dressed up to the nines (बहुत फ़ैशनेबल कपड़े पहने, सज-धजकर), a nine days' wonder (थोड़े समय के लिए लोकप्रिय चीज़), the whole nine yards (हर संभव चीज़)।

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General knowledge

Navratri means nine nights; the navratnas were the nine gems in Akbar's court (including Birbal and Tansen).

नवरात्रि का अर्थ नौ रातें है; नवरत्न अकबर के दरबार के नौ रत्न थे (बीरबल और तानसेन सहित)।