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- [nahyn-tee]
- /ˈnaɪn ti/
- /ˈnaɪn.tiz/
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- [nahyn-tee]
- /ˈnaɪn ti/
Definitions of nineties word
- noun plural nineties a cardinal number, ten times nine. 1
- noun plural nineties a symbol for this number, as 90 or XC. 1
- noun plural nineties a set of this many persons or things. 1
- noun plural nineties nineties, the numbers, years, degrees, or the like, from 90 through 99, as in referring to numbered streets, indicating the years of a lifetime or of a century, or degrees of temperature: His grandmother is in her nineties. 1
- adjective nineties amounting to 90 in number. 1
- noun nineties Plural form of ninety. 1
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Origin of nineties
First appearance:
before 1000 One of the 6% oldest English words
before 1000; Middle English nineti, Old English nigontig. See nine, -ty1
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Parts of speech for Nineties
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
nineties popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 90% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.
nineties usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerTop questions with nineties
- what do you call a person in their nineties?
- who holds the record for most nineties in career?
- what to wear to a nineties party?
- what happened in the nineties?
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