ninety-five
18
1.0
- numeral
- /ˈnaɪnti faɪv/
:
noventa y cinco
- The temperature climbed to ninety-five degrees, making it one of the hottest days of the year.
- ninety-five percent
- ninety-five degrees that day
Examples
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At the meeting, he estimated that ninety-five people had registered for the conference.
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A report from 1934 noted that ninety-five percent of the 300 tribal members participated in Mormon services.
Academic text (1995) -
I would say at least ninety-five percent of them do.
Academic text (2000) -
Baby, success is ninety-five percent ability and five percent luck.
Fiction book (2002) -
The agreement would have given you ninety-five percent of the West Bank and all of Gaza.
Fiction book (2002) -
The United States controls ninety-five percent of Canadian movie screens.
Academic text (1998) -
I think Japan is ninety-five percent, but Germany is not far behind with eighty-six percent.
Academic text (1997) -
We always hear that ninety-five percent or more of our mutual trade is problem-free, or pretty much so.
Academic text (2000) -
To assume such a thing on a day when the temperature was pushing ninety-five degrees would not have been unreasonable.
Fiction book (1999) -
Overall, KANU won ninety-five seats with an average of 14,138 votes.
Academic text (1998)
Synonyms
390
1.0
A number that is five more than ninety
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Ninety-five is made from ninety and five, so it literally means 'five more than ninety'. The -ty in ninety comes from the idea of 'ten', so think of ninety-five as 'nine tens plus five' to remember the number 95.