nine-to-five in English

Forms: nine-to-fives [present, singular, third-person], nine-to-fiving [participle, present], nine-to-fived [participle, past], nine-to-fived [past] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Head templates: {{en-verb}} nine-to-five (third-person singular simple present nine-to-fives, present participle nine-to-fiving, simple past and past participle nine-to-fived)

Inflected forms

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"nine-to-five" meaning in English

Adjective

Verb

Inflected forms