nineties

nine·ty  (nnt)

n. pl. nine·ties

1. The cardinal number equal to 9 × 10.

2. nineties

a. A decade or the numbers from 90 to 99: My grandparents are in their nineties. During the heat wave, the temperature stayed in the nineties.

b. often Nineties The decade from 90 to 99 in a century.

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[Middle English ninti, from Old English nigontig; see new in Indo-European roots.]

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ninety adj. & pron.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	nineties - the decade from 1890 to 1899         1890s decade, decennary, decennium - a period of 10 years
	2.	nineties - the decade from 1990 to 1999 1990s decade, decennary, decennium - a period of 10 years
	3.	nineties - the time of life between 90 and 100 mid-nineties time of life - a period of time during which a person is normally in a particular life state eld, geezerhood, old age, years, age - a late time of life; "old age is not for sissies"; "he's showing his years"; "age hasn't slowed him down at all"; "a beard white with eld"; "on the brink of geezerhood"