ninety-nine
adjectiveDefinition of ninety-nine
(Entry 1 of 3)
: being one more than 98 in number
ninety-nine years
— see Table of Numbers
ninety-nine
pronoun, plural in construction
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Definition of ninety-nine (Entry 2 of 3)
: ninety-nine countable persons or things not specified but under consideration and being enumerated
ninety-nine are here ninety-nine were found
ninety-nine
noun
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Definition of ninety-nine (Entry 3 of 3)
1
: nine and 90 : three times 33 : nine times 11
2a
: 99 units or objects
a total of ninety-nine
b
: a group or set of 99
3
: the numerable quantity symbolized by the arabic numerals 99
—often used with and instead of a hyphen