ninety-nine
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Definition
Adjective: 1. Being nine more than ninety; the cardinal number that is the product of nine and eleven: This word represents the specific integer 99, which comes immediately after ninety-eight and before one hundred.
Usage
- Numerical Value: Used to denote the quantity 99.
- The store had ninety-nine different types of jam.
- She scored ninety-nine points on the test.
- Sequential Order: Can indicate position in a series.
- He finished in ninety-ninth place.
Examples
- As a determiner/modifier:
- I read ninety-nine pages last night.
- The recipe calls for ninety-nine grams of sugar.
- In comparisons:
- Ninety-nine percent of the students passed.
- It costs ninety-nine dollars and ninety-nine cents.
Advanced Usage
- "Ninety-nine times out of a hundred": An idiom meaning "almost always" or "with very high probability."
- Ninety-nine times out of a hundred, this method works perfectly.
- Used for emphasis or marketing: Often used to price items just below a round number (e.g., $99.99) to create a perception of a better value.
- The new smartphone is priced at ninety-nine ninety-nine.
Variants and Related Words
- 99 (numeral): The Arabic numeral representation.
- XCIX (Roman numeral): The Roman numeral representation for 99.
- Ninety-ninth (adjective or noun): The ordinal form corresponding to 99.
- This is her ninety-ninth birthday. (adjective)
- He was the ninety-ninth to arrive. (noun)
Synonyms
- Four score and nineteen (archaic): An older phrasing.
- 9 dozen and 3: A descriptive synonym based on other counting units (dozens).
Related Phrases
- Ninety-nine percent (noun phrase): A very large majority.
- I agree with you ninety-nine percent.
- The ninety-nine (noun phrase): Can refer to a specific group, famously used to refer to the general populace as opposed to the wealthy elite in modern economic discourse.
- Policies should benefit the ninety-nine.
Adjective
- being nine more than ninety