ninety-one

ninety-one
adjective
being one more than ninety
Syn: ↑91, ↑xci
Similar to: ↑cardinal

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I. \\| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷\ adjective
: being one more than 90 in number

ninety-one years

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

ninety-one are here

ninety-one were found

III. noun
1. : one and 90 : seven times 13
2.
a. : 91 units or objects

a total of ninety-one

b. : a group or set of 91
3. : the numerable quantity symbolized by the arabic numerals 91

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/nuyn"tee wun"/, n.
1. a cardinal number, 90 plus 1.
2. a symbol for this number, as 91 or XCI.
3. a set of this many persons or things.
adj.
4. amounting to 91 in number.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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