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 • Jun. 17, 2019

"FREDDY LEVESON" When a man has died in his eighty-ninth year, it seems irreverent to call him by his nickname.

From Prime Ministers and Some Others A Book of Reminiscences by Russell, George William Erskine

This is the eighty-ninth year of the publication.

From The International Monthly Magazine, Volume 5, No. 1, January, 1852 by Various

It was open at the eighty-ninth Psalm, and the only legible words were, "Thou hast broken down all his hedges; thou hast brought his strong holds to ruin."

From The Old Front Line by Masefield, John

On the 10th of March, General Sir Charles Stuart arrived at Palermo, with the thirtieth and eighty-ninth regiments; who immediately departed for Messina.

From The Life of the Right Honourable Horatio Lord Viscount Nelson, Volume 2 by Harrison, James