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nineteen

noun
nine·​teen | \ nīn-ˈtēn How to pronounce nineteen (audio) , ˈnīn-ˌtēn\

Definition of nineteen

: a number that is one more than 18 — see Table of Numbers
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Other Words from nineteen

nineteen adjective
nineteen pronoun, plural in construction
nineteenth \ nīn-​ˈtēn(t)th How to pronounce nineteenth (audio) , ˈnīn-​ˌtēn(t)th \ adjective or noun

Examples of nineteen in a Sentence

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 When researchers first visited, in the late nineteen-fifties, there were no bats present in December and January, and yet, according to the data, there are now fifty thousand or more bats emerging during the winter. — Carolyn Kormann, The New Yorker, "The Changing Climate Inside the World’s Largest Bat Colony," 6 Aug. 2019 Celebrity News Twenty nineteen could prove to be Taylor Swift's biggest year yet. — Abby Gardner, Glamour, "It Sure Sounds Like Taylor Swift and Joe Alwyn Are About to Get Engaged," 14 Mar. 2019 What to do with recent ruins, whether to reconstruct or replace or revere or remove them, was a prevailing design dilemma of the late nineteen-fifties and early nineteen-sixties. — Adam Davidson, The New Yorker, "A Beacon in Berlin," 5 Jan. 2017 In the nineteen-fifties, Louis Marx & Company began producing figurines of every U.S. President. — Don Steinberg, The New Yorker, "A Comedy Writer Makes Trump Collectibles," 6 Mar. 2017

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First Known Use of nineteen

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above

History and Etymology for nineteen

Middle English nynetene, adjective, from Old English nigontēne, from nigon + -tīene (akin to Old English tīen ten) — more at ten

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nineteen

noun
How to pronounce nineteen (audio)

English Language Learners Definition of nineteen

: the number 19

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nineteen

adjective
nine·​teen | \ nīn-ˈtēn How to pronounce nineteen (audio) , nīnt-\

Kids Definition of nineteen

 (Entry 1 of 2)

: being one more than 18

nineteen

noun

Kids Definition of nineteen (Entry 2 of 2)

: one more than 18 : 19

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