ninety
[ nahyn-tee ]
/ ˈnaɪn ti /
noun, plural nine·ties.
a cardinal number, ten times nine.
a symbol for this number, as 90 or XC.
a set of this many persons or things.
nineties, the numbers, years, degrees, or the like, from 90 through 99, as in referring to numbered streets, indicating the years of a lifetime or of a century, or degrees of temperature: His grandmother is in her nineties.
adjective
amounting to 90 in number.
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ninety
/ (ˈnaɪntɪ) /
noun plural -ties
the cardinal number that is the product of ten and nineSee also number (def. 1)
a numeral, 90, XC, etc, representing this number
something represented by, representing, or consisting of 90 units
determiner
- amounting to ninetyninety times out of a hundred
- (as pronoun)at least ninety are thought to be missing
Word Origin for ninety
Old English nigontig
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