Definition of ninety
nineties
1 : a number equal to nine times 10 — see number table
2 nineties plural : the numbers 90 to 99; specifically : the years 90 to 99 in a lifetime or century She's in her nineties.
ninety
adjectiveninety
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Examples of ninety in a Sentence
During the nineties, he was going to college and working part-time.
Recent Examples of ninety from the Web
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However, the ex-Republic of Ireland international could've joined Blackburn Rovers instead of Man Utd back in the early nineties in a record-breaking deal.
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Katrina closed the long-standing location on Tchoupitoulas Street, and the Hansens (both in their nineties at the time) died soon after.
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GLOW does one better: Because it is helmed by women (and executive produced by Jenji Kohan of Orange is the New Black), the supporting female characters are more diverse and finely drawn than those one encountered in the nineties.
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The Pirates of the Caribbean star began synthesizing his signature look—a dreamlike, kooky rock 'n' roll shaman pirate on mushrooms—back in the mid-nineties.
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The organization won a lawsuit against Atlanta in the nineties that was instrumental in fighting pollution of the waterway.
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Here are seven of the doc's best pieces of advice for life in your nineties. 1.
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Same goes for its sister firm Jaguar, whose cars ended the nineties still looking like close relatives of vehicles produced in the early 1970s.
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After a wave of consolidation in the nineties, terrestrial radio lost its community; now, micro-stations online are focusing on discovering new music and sub-genres.
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Origin and Etymology of ninety
Middle English ninety, adjective, from Old English nigontig, short for hundnigontig, from hundnigontig, noun, group of 90, from hund-, literally, hundred + nigon nine + -tig group of 10; akin to Old English tīen ten
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playDefinition of ninety for English Language Learners
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: the number 90
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nine*ties : the numbers ranging from 90 to 99
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: a set of years ending in digits ranging from 90 to 99
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