Meaning
The number 90, nine tens.
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Word origin
From Old English hundnigontig, nine tens, later shortened to nigontig.
- Origin
- Old English
- Root
- hundnigontig
- English cognates
- nine, nineteen
Examples
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The film is 90 minutes long.
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She lived to be 90.
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90% of the class passed the test.
nineties.
They met between 1990 and 1999.
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ninety: worksheet, infographic and listicle
Free printable study downloads for the English word "ninety" (The number 90, nine tens.): a worksheet with the answer key built in, an infographic, and a sentence listicle. Open any one to view, print or save.
This word is taught in chapter 1, lesson 16: Number house three: twenty to a hundred.