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ninety

numeral
NYN-dee/ˈnaɪn.di/UKNYN-tee/ˈnaɪn.ti/

1 meaning of ninety

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    numeral
    The number 90, which comes right after eighty-nine.

    My grandmother turned ninety last spring.

    The school bus can hold up to ninety students.

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Origin

From an Old English word for ninety, made from nine plus a part meaning "tens."