ninety
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1.0
- numeral
- /ˈnaɪnti/
:
noventa
- There are ninety students in our class this semester.
- ninety percent
- ninety years
- one hundred and ninety
Examples
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Ninety-nine percent in the top box!
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In 2006, only nineteen artists out of ninety were from the region.
Academic text (2011) -
I apologize to the ninety percent of you who have probably heard it.
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At the time of this publication, the EU was being given ninety days to respond to the ruling.
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Ninety-eight percent of us will die at some point in our lives.
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The leaders of these countries have ruled for a combined total of ninety-nine years.
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Remarkably, in the first two levels combined, the system successfully reached ninety-one percent of the population.
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The message of ninety-eight words took sixteen and a half hours to transmit.
Academic text (2011) -
However, economists estimate that about ninety-five percent or more of participants in pyramid schemes lose their money.
Academic text (1999) -
Ninety-seven percent nationwide coverage.
Synonyms
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A Roman numeral meaning ninety
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Etymology
Ninety comes from the parts nine ('9') and -ty ('a group of ten'), so it literally means 'nine tens'. That's why ninety is ten times nine, or 90.