ninety

[Nine·ty]

Ninety is a number that's ten more than eighty and ten less than a hundred.

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Nine times ten; eighty-nine and one more; as, ninety men.

Noun
the cardinal number that is the product of ten and nine

Adjective S.
being ten more than eighty


a.
Nine times ten; eighty-nine and one more; as, ninety men.

n.
The sum of nine times ten; the number greater by a unit than eighty-nine; ninety units or objects.

n.
A symbol representing ninety units, as 90 or xc.


Ninety

Nine"ty , a. [See Nine, and cf. Forty.] Nine times ten; eighty-nine and one more; as, ninety men.

Ninety

Nine"ty, n.; pl. Nineties . 1. The sum of nine times ten; the number greater by a unit than eighty-nine; ninety units or objects. 2. A symbol representing ninety units, as 90 or xc.

Nine times ten; eighty-nine and one more; as, ninety men.

The sum of nine times ten; the number greater by a unit than eighty-nine; ninety units or objects.

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Usage Examples

The ninety and nine are with dreams, content but the hope of the world made new, is the hundredth man who is grimly bent on making those dreams come true.

Don't forget what I discovered that over ninety percent of all national deficits from 1921 to 1939 were caused by payments for past, present, and future wars.

Ninety eight percent of the adults in this country are decent, hardworking, honest Americans. It's the other lousy two percent that get all the publicity. But then, we elected them.

Ninety percent of leadership is the ability to communicate something people want.

After the United States entered the war, I joined the Naval Reserve and spent ninety days in a Columbia University dormitory learning to be a naval officer.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

Ninety percent of all music is always crap, and when too many people decide they're going to have guitar bands, then ninety percent of them are going to be crap. It's just a given law.

Ninety percent of the students take the 'preferred lender.' Why? Because that's the nature of the relationship. You trust the school. The school is in a position of authority.

Ninety percent of the politicians give the other ten percent a bad reputation.

If you treat people right they will treat you right... ninety percent of the time.

Management by objective works - if you know the objectives. Ninety percent of the time you don't.

Women are not making it to the top. A hundred and ninety heads of state nine are women. Of all the people in parliament in the world, thirteen per cent are women. In the corporate sector, women at the top - C-level jobs, board seats - tops out at fifteen, sixteen per cent.

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