🇬🇧 Ninth meaning: English Vocabulary Flash Card

"Ninth" means the thing that comes in position number 9 when you count in order: first, second, third… all the way to ninth. If you line up toys and count them, the ninth toy is the one you point to when you say "nine." It tells you where something is in a row, race, day of the month, or list: if today is the ninth day of a month, it’s the ninth; if you finish a race in ninth place, eight people came before you.

The ninth time my alarm rang, it just gave up and sounded like it was sighing at me.

By the ninth page of my homework, my pencil was shorter than my patience.

On the ninth try, I finally tied my shoes correctly, and they still somehow untied themselves in five seconds.

The cat’s ninth nap of the day started exactly when I finally wanted to play with it.

When we sang the song for the ninth time, even the walls looked tired of hearing it.

At the fair, a boy walks past nine tents. He counts and finds the ninth tent with a flag. A clown sits in the ninth tent and shows a toy. The boy points to the toy on the ninth table. The clown gives the toy in the ninth box. The boy sits on the ninth step and smiles.

This word is at the A1 level, which means it is one of the first words you learn when starting English. It’s commonly used in everyday conversations and helps you communicate basic ideas like greetings, family, or daily activities.

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