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| nine·ty [ nntee ] |
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90: the number 90
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plural noun nine·ties |
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1. numbers between 90 and 99: the numbers between 90 and 99, particularly as a range of Fahrenheit temperatures
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2. years from 90 to 99: the years from 90 to 99 in a century
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3. period from age 90 to 99: the period of somebody's life from the age of 90 to 99
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| [ Old English nigontig, shortening of hundnigontig< hund "hundred" + nigon "nine" + -tig "ten"] |
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