ninety-three

ninety-three
adjective
being three more than ninety
• Syn: ↑93, ↑xciii
• Similar to: ↑cardinal

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I. \\| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷\ adjective
: being one more than 92 in number

ninety-three years

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

ninety-three are here

ninety-three were found

III. noun
1. : three and 90 : three times 31
2.
a. : 93 units or objects

a total of ninety-three

b. : a group or set of 93
3. : the numerable quantity symbolized by the arabic numerals 93

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/nuyn"tee three"/, n.
1. a cardinal number, 90 plus 3.
2. a symbol for this number, as 93 or XCIII.
3. a set of this many persons or things.
adj.
4. amounting to 93 in number.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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