ninety-nine

1 of 3

adjective

: being one more than 98 in number

ninety-nine years

see Table of Numbers

ninety-nine

2 of 3

pronoun, plural in construction

"

: ninety-nine countable persons or things not specified but under consideration and being enumerated

ninety-nine are here

ninety-nine were found

ninety-nine

3 of 3

noun

"

1

: nine and 90 : three times 33 : nine times 11

2

a

: 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

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