ninety
3 ENTRIES FOUND:
plural
nineties
plural
nineties
Britannica Dictionary definition of NINETY
1
[count]
:
the number 90
2
nine*ties
[plural]
a
:
the numbers ranging from 90 to 99
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temperatures in the nineties
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It was priced in the low nineties. [=its price was about $91,000–$93,000]
b
:
a set of years ending in digits ranging from 90 to 99
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I studied there in the nineties. [=between 1990–1999]
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During the nineties, he was going to college and working part-time.
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He lived into his nineties. [=he was over ninety years old when he died]
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one ninetieth of the total cost
— ninetieth
adjective-
her ninetieth birthday
— ninety
adjective— ninety
pronoun-
We spent thirty dollars and had ninety left.
