90
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Definition
Adjective:
- Being ten more than eighty: The number 90 is the integer that follows 89 and precedes 91. It is equivalent to nine times ten.
Noun:
- The cardinal number that is the product of ten and nine: The symbol or word representing the quantity of ninety units.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- She is 90 years old. (She has lived for nine decades.)
- The temperature reached 90 degrees. (The temperature was ten more than eighty degrees.)
- Noun:
- A score of 90 is excellent. (The number ninety represents a high score.)
- He counted to 90. (He recited numbers up to the cardinal number ninety.)
Advanced Usage
- As a milestone: Often used to denote significant anniversaries or ages.
- They celebrated their 90th wedding anniversary. (They celebrated nine decades of marriage.)
- In approximate expressions: Used to indicate a large percentage or majority.
- 90 percent of the work is complete. (The vast majority, specifically nine-tenths, of the task is done.)
Variants and Related Words
- Ninety (n, adj): The word form of the number 90.
- Ninety people attended the event.
- Ninetieth (adj, n): Ordinal form for position 90 in a sequence.
- This is the ninetieth day of the year.
- XC (n): The Roman numeral for 90.
Synonyms
- Four score and ten: An archaic term for ninety.
- Nine tens: A descriptive phrase for the quantity.
Related Phrases
- The Naughty Nineties: A historical idiom referring to the 1890s.
- Ninety-day wonder: A slang term, often historical, for a graduate of an accelerated officer training program.
Idioms
- Ninety-nine times out of a hundred: An idiom meaning almost always.
- He is on time ninety-nine times out of a hundred.
- In the nineties: Can refer to a temperature range, a decade (e.g., 1990s), or an age range.
- She was born in the nineties. (She was born in the 1990s.)
Adjective
- being ten more than eighty
Noun
- the cardinal number that is the product of ten and nine