ninety-seven

[ nahyn-tee-sev-uh n ]

/ ˈnaɪn tiˈsɛv ən /

a cardinal number, 90 plus 7.

a symbol for this number, as 97 or XCVII.

a set of this many persons or things.

amounting to 97 in number.

QUIZZES

Let the aeolian gusts transport you back to these popular Words of the Day from the month of May. How many do you remember?

Question 1 of 10

Which of the following words means “to travel or journey, especially to walk on foot”?

Ninety-seven businesses were destroyed and 2,500 more were damaged.
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In twenty-one years as a pitcher, Johnson gave up only ninety-seven home runs.
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General McClellan states in his report that it was ninety-seven thousand.
Following the Flag|Charles Carleton Coffin
His fables are ninety-seven in number, and are written in iambic verse.
History of Rome from the Earliest times down to 476 AD|Robert F. Pennell

Invitations had been issued for a reunion in honor of his aged mother, who was ninety-seven the day he died.
The History of the Medical Department of Transylvania University|Robert Peter
Ninety-seven percent of all farms now have central station electric power.
Complete State of the Union Addresses from 1790 to 2006|Various
But this McGee failed to do, for his throw measured ninety-seven feet.
Corporal Cameron|Ralph Connor