ninety-nine

ninety-nine
adjective
being nine more than ninety
• Syn: ↑99, ↑ic
• Similar to: ↑cardinal

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I. \\| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷\ adjective
: being one more than 98 in number

ninety-nine years

— see number table
II. pronoun, plural in construction
: ninety-nine countable persons or things not specified but under consideration and being enumerated

ninety-nine are here

ninety-nine were found

III. noun
1. : nine and 90 : three times 33 : nine times 11
2.
a. : 99 units or objects

a total of ninety-nine

b. : a group or set of 99
3. : the numerable quantity symbolized by the arabic numerals 99 — often used with and instead of a hyphen

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/nuyn"tee nuyn"/, n.
1. a cardinal number, 90 plus 9.
2. a symbol for this number, as 99 or XCIX.
3. a set of this many persons or things.
adj.
4. amounting to 99 in number.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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