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ninety-seven

ninety-seven

6 1.0
A number equal to 97
  • numeral
translation icon : noventa y siete
  • Ninety-seven patients were placed on a diet to address the identified metabolic factors.
  • Ninety-seven percent

Examples

  • Ninety-seven percent of the teachers said they would participate in a co-teaching relationship if given another opportunity.

    Academic text (2006)

  • The papers said she was ninety-seven years old.

    Fiction book (1990)

  • For a grand total of ninety-seven.

    Fiction book (2002)

  • A bank thermometer flashed ninety-seven degrees.

    Fiction book (1992)

  • Ninety-seven percent of those registered had participated in the 1989 elections of the Constituent Assembly.

    Academic text (1991)

  • Ninety-seven percent, or 377 of 387 House incumbents, were returned to office in 2002.

    Academic text (2004)

  • ProQuest's International Index to Performing Arts Full-Text contains over ninety-seven periodicals from 1864 to the present.

    Academic text (2015)

  • The temperature today reached a scorching ninety-seven degrees Fahrenheit.

  • She scored ninety-seven points on her final exam, earning the highest grade in the class.

  • There are ninety-seven countries participating in the international conference this year.

Synonyms

xcvii
vsninety-seven
9.9

The Roman numeral for ninety-seven

is the same value but given in the common numeric or word form

How Many

ninety-nine
23 1.0
ninety-eight
4 1.0
ninety-seven
6 1.0
ninety-six
2 1.0
ninety-five
18 1.0

Surface Forms

ninety-seven cardinal word
97 cardinal digit
97th ordinal digit

Morphology

ninety-seven = ninety + seven (transparent) = ninety + seven

Standard numeral compounding: 'ninety' + 'seven' directly yields the number 97 and is immediately interpretable for learners who know the component numerals.

Etymology

Ninety-seven comes from two simple parts: ninety ('nine tens') and seven ('seven'), so it means nine groups of ten plus seven, which is the number 97.