ninety

noun

nine·ty | \ˈnīn-tē

plural nineties

Definition of ninety

1 : a number equal to nine times 10 — see Table of Numbers

2 nineties plural : the numbers 90 to 99 specifically : the years 90 to 99 in a lifetime or century She's in her nineties.

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Other Words from ninety

ninetieth \ˈnīn-tē-əth

\ adjective or noun

ninety adjective

ninety pronoun, plural in construction

Examples of ninety in a Sentence

During the nineties, he was going to college and working part-time.

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So not only are these movies sticking, their lead actors are turning into bonafide superstars—much like what happened to rom-com queen Julia Roberts in the nineties. — Christopher Rosa, Glamour, "Netflix Is Making the Rom-Com Cool Again," 10 July 2018 Temperatures during the race regularly hit the nineties and sometimes even inch their way into triple digits. — Julie Brown, Outside Online, "The Best Running Socks, According to Ultramarathoners," 22 June 2018 People of a certain age might remember a distinctly late-nineties and early-aughts culinary fad: the fancy mac and cheese. — Ben Huberman, Longreads, "Cheese and Macaroni Do Not a Mac and Cheese Make," 5 June 2018 Apart from an odd cameo with Crystal Palace in the 2011/12 season, Iversen has somewhat faded into obscurity since the nineties and early 2000's with both Spurs and Wolves. — SI.com, "PHOTO: Former Spurs Striker Steffen Iversen Looks Scarily Similar to TV Chef Gordon Ramsay," 4 Apr. 2018 The extreme doping that turned Tour de France cyclists into superhumans started in the early nineties. — Marc Peruzzi, Outside Online, "Stop Boycotting Pro Cycling," 6 July 2018 The research also compares current rich-list indicators to the nineties, and times have certainly changed. — Fox News, "Owning an Apple iPhone is the best way to prove you're rich - replacing mustard," 10 July 2018 Centenarians still have a much higher chance of dying than someone in their nineties. — Laura Yan, Popular Mechanics, "How Long Can Humans Really Live?," 1 July 2018 The warning, which began at 11 a.m. Friday and was originally set to end 7 p.m. Saturday, has been extended an extra day as highs creep into the nineties. — Tessa Weinberg, chicagotribune.com, "Heat warning extended until Sunday evening as scorching temperatures persist," 30 June 2018

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