#initial-load-header-loader { visibility: hidden!important; } #initial-load-content { visibility: visible!important; } .expandable .expandable-control { display: none!important; } .expandable .expandable-content { display: block!important; visibility: visible!important; max-height: none!important; height: auto!important; }

ninety-nine

[nahyn-tee-nahyn]

|

noun

a cardinal number, 90 plus 9.

a symbol for this number, as 99 or XCIX.

a set of this many persons or things.

adjective

amounting to 99 in number.

RELATED CONTENT

Discover nine novel English neologisms now Read more in this article about some frequently asked questions and fun facts related to our definitions.

Custom-Made Descriptions with Hyphens The shortest of the dashes, hyphens (–) link words and parts of words. They can connect prefixes or break up a word at the end of a line of text. They can also combine two or more words that describe a noun. For example, in George Orwell’s 1984, hyphenated words help create unusual descriptive phrases: “He felt deeply drawn to him, and not solely because …

Nearby words

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

Examples from the Web for ninety-nine

He returned to his home state of Connecticut, became a successful banker, and lived to be ninety-nine.
Babe Ruth’s Summer of Records|Bill Bryson|September 29, 2013|DAILY BEAST
“Ninety-nine percent of people you see with a turban and a beard are Sikh,” he said.
‘Domestic Terrorism’ Kills Six in Oak Creek Sikh Temple|Ben Jacobs|August 6, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Ninety-nine percent of the people in this office would vote for Saddam if he was on the ballot.
Iraq's Last Election?|Michael Hastings|March 3, 2010|DAILY BEAST
The ninety-nine percent that is animal causes very little trouble.
Why Bernie Did It|Mansfield Frazier|December 22, 2008|DAILY BEAST

The average person, in my estimation, is ninety-nine percent animal and one percent human.
Why Bernie Did It|Mansfield Frazier|December 22, 2008|DAILY BEAST
Enough that it was a very little error, and one that might have passed ninety-nine times in a hundred.
The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 20 (of 25)|Robert Louis Stevenson
Michael Angelo and Titian were eighty-nine and ninety-nine respectively.
Rambles in Womanland|Max O'Rell
She had not dreamed she could win—it had been that ninety-nine in Cicero.
Highacres|Jane Abbott
When they tuck a ninety-nine year clause into a franchise they mean it's forever, don't they?
Then I'll Come Back to You|Larry Evans
Ninety-nine of these families are Christian families, not families of saints—I wish I knew such a village as that!
France and the Republic|William Henry Hurlbert