Definition

Adjective: - Being ten more than one hundred eighty; denoting the cardinal number 190.

Usage

This word is used as a determiner or modifier to specify a precise quantity of one hundred ninety items or units. It is a compound numeral adjective. - The antique vase was sold for one hundred ninety dollars. - The library has one hundred ninety copies of the first edition.

Advanced Usage

• Used in formal, legal, or financial contexts for clarity to avoid ambiguity that could arise from writing the numeral "190".
• Can be used in hyphenated form ("one-hundred-ninety") when it precedes and modifies a noun directly, though the open form is more common in modern usage for large numbers.
• (Hyphenated form as a compound modifier)

Variants and Related Words

• 190: The numeric form.
• CXC: The Roman numeral form.
• one hundred and ninety: A common alternative form, particularly in British English, where the conjunction "and" is often included.

Synonyms

• 190
• a hundred ninety (informal)
• a hundred and ninety (common, especially in British English)

Different Meanings

As a cardinal number, "one hundred ninety" has only one primary meaning: the quantity equal to 10 plus 180 (100 + 90). It does not have idiomatic meanings or phrasal verbs.

Adjective

1. being ten more than one hundred eighty