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nineteen

nineteen

130 1.0
The number after eighteen and before twenty
  • numeral
  • /naɪnˈtin/
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  • Raised in hiding, nineteen-year-old Kelsea reluctantly ascends the throne in this epic fantasy adventure.
  • a nineteen-year-old
  • nineteen percent
  • nineteen years

Examples

  • In 2006, only nineteen artists out of ninety were from the region.

    Academic text (2011)
  • By eight-thirty, there were nineteen people, most of them yawning and all of them looking apprehensive.

    Fiction book (1991)
  • Nineteen hundred and twenty nine.

  • Most of us were eighteen or nineteen, and wild on that last night in Seattle.

    Fiction book (1990)
  • I have a nineteen-year-old myself.

  • For instance, nineteen organizations in the area of science work together to produce science.gov.

    Academic text (2015)
  • I stopped playing hockey in 1980, at nineteen, when I contracted mononucleosis.

    Academic text (1999)
  • She's nineteen.

  • Quinn's father had spent the summer he was nineteen working in Michigan at a cannery near Escanaba.

    Fiction book (1991)
  • She just turned nineteen last week and is excited to start college.

Synonyms

XIX
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1 3.5

Roman numeral for nineteen

is identical in meaning but uses lowercase letters
xix
vsnineteen
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The number nineteen written in Roman numerals

is identical in meaning but uses uppercase letters

Surface Forms

nineteen cardinal word
19 cardinal digit
19th ordinal digit
nineteen ordinal word

Morphology

nineteen = nine (transparent) = nine + teen

Clearly formed from the numeral 'nine' plus the productive suffix '-teen' meaning ten-plus, so learners can derive the value.

Etymology

Nineteen comes from the parts nine and teen, where teen means 'ten more'. So nineteen literally means 'nine plus ten' and is the name of the number 19.