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ninety-two

ninety-two

8 1.0
A number that is two more than ninety
  • numeral
  • /ˈnaɪnti tu/
translation icon : noventa y dos
  • The ninety-two teachers indicated that instructional materials in social studies are inadequate.
  • ninety-two percent

Examples

  • Can you believe she's ninety-two years old?

    Fiction book (1997)

  • How do I find ninety-two people out of a million?

    Fiction book (1995)

  • I am ninety-two years old, and I had to get this in before I go.

    Fiction book (1994)

  • From the list of ninety-two, sixty-one people are here.

    Fiction book (1995)

  • The peso is worth ninety-two cents on the dollar right now.

    Fiction book (2002)

  • Ninety-two percent of this population returned to sports; 75% returned to the pre-injury level of competition.

    Academic text (2003)

  • Ninety-two undergraduates took part in the study, and the questionnaire was used to collect data.

    Academic text (2018)

  • Ninety-two percent of the presidents and 68% of the academic officers held doctorate degrees.

    Academic text (1995)

  • Ninety-two percent of the U.S.-born Latinas indicated that the cultural origin of their parents was Mexican.

    Academic text (2004)

  • The temperature reached a sweltering ninety-two degrees today.

How Many

ninety-four
7 1.0
ninety-three
5 1.0
ninety-two
8 1.0
ninety
296 1.0

Surface Forms

ninety-two cardinal word
92 cardinal digit
92nd ordinal digit
ninety second ordinal word

Morphology

ninety-two = ninety + two (transparent) = ninety + two

The numeral is directly formed by combining 'ninety' and 'two' to indicate 90 + 2, so learners who know both components can compute the value.

Etymology

Ninety-two is simply the numbers ninety and two put together. Ninety is 'nine' with the -ty ending that means 'times ten', just like twenty or thirty, so ninety-two means 'nine tens' plus two, or 92.