eighty-ninth

American  

[ey-tee-nahynth] / ˈeɪ tiˈnaɪnθ /

adjective

1. next after the eighty-eighth; being the ordinal number for 89.

2. being one of 89 equal parts.

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noun

1. an eighty-ninth part, especially of one (1/89).

2. the eighty-ninth member of a series.

Example Sentences

It was Laurelle’s stepfather’s eighty-ninth birthday, so she phoned him in South Africa, and the family warbled “Happy Birthday to You.”

From The New Yorker

One day he got into a conversation with an elderly woman who lived on Eighty-Ninth Avenue, a couple of blocks from his house.

From Literature

Not long after “La La Land” was announced Best Picture at the eighty-ninth annual Academy Awards—after which “Moonlight” was announced Best Picture at the eighty-ninth annual Academy Awards, and all hell broke loose—I was at the raw bar at the Governors Ball, where two producers were trading notes in front of a display of octopus tentacles.

From The New Yorker

The New Yorker cartoonist Bob Eckstein will be drawing tonight’s eighty-ninth Academy Awards as they unfold.

From The New Yorker

Recently, the world of moviemaking, which will celebrate its eighty-ninth Oscar ceremony on February 26th, has been criticized for its lack of diversity onscreen and behind the scenes.

From The New Yorker