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nine | eleven |

As a verb nine

is they are.

As a numeral eleven is

the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve represented as in arabic digits.

As a noun eleven is

(cricket) a cricket team of eleven players.

nine

English

(wikipedia nine)

Numeral

(head)
  • (cardinal) A numerical value equal to ; the number occurring after eight and before ten.
    • A cat has nine lives.
  • Describing a set or group with nine components.

    • Related terms

    * ninth

    See also

    *

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The digit or figure .
  • (card games) A playing card with nine pips.
  • (weaponry) A nine-millimeter semi-automatic pistol.
  • (computing, engineering, usually in plural) A statistical unit of proportion (of reliability, purity, etc.).
    • They guaranteed that our Web site would have 99.99% uptime, or four nines .
  • (label) A baseball club, a baseball team (composed of nine players).
  • * 1877, Chicago Times, July 8, 1877:Peter Morris,
    • A Game of Inches: The Stories Behind the Innovations That Shaped Baseball, 15.1.3 Rain Checks, pp. 411–412
  • *:The St. Louis club is the only nine in the league which gives its patrons the right to see a full game or no pay.

    • Synonyms

    * (Roman numerals): (l)

    Coordinate terms

    * Previous : eight () * Next : ten ()

    Derived terms

    * cloud nine * dressed to the nines * on cloud nine * the whole nine yards

    See also

    *

    References

    1000 English basic words English cardinal numbers ----

    eleven

    English

    (wikipedia eleven)

    Alternative forms

    * : 11 * : XI

    Numeral

    (head)
  • The cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve. Represented as in Arabic digits.

    • Derived terms

    * elevenses, eleventh, eleventeen, eleventy

    Related terms

    * onety-one,

    See also

    * Last: ten. Next: twelve

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (cricket) A cricket team of eleven players.
  • (football) A football team of eleven players.
  • (Internet, slang, sarcastic) Used instead of s who forget to press the shift key while typing exclamation points.
    • A: SUM1 Hl3p ME im alwyz L0ziN!!?!
    B: y d0nt u just g0 away l0zer!!1!!one!!one!!eleven !!1!

    Synonyms

    * one,

    See also

    * English collective nouns English cardinal numbers ----