Ninety
adjective
The number that is after eighty-nine and before ninety-one. It is shown as '90'.
There are ninety students in this school.
Often appears as...
- ninety minutes
- ninety percent
noun
The number 90.
Ninety is my lucky number.
Often appears as...
- count to ninety
- score of ninety
adjective
Something that is ninety degrees is perpendicular or forms a right angle.
The two walls meet at ninety degrees.
Often appears as...
- ninety degrees angle
- turn ninety degrees
Usage tips
Technical
adjective
The number that is after eighty-nine and before ninety-one. It is shown as '90'.
There are ninety students in this school.
Often appears as...
- ninety minutes
- ninety percent
noun
The number 90.
Ninety is my lucky number.
Often appears as...
- count to ninety
- score of ninety
adjective
Something that is ninety degrees is perpendicular or forms a right angle.
The two walls meet at ninety degrees.
Often appears as...
- ninety degrees angle
- turn ninety degrees
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Cultural Numerology
The number ninety can have specific meanings in different cultures, often symbolizing completion or fullness.
In China, the character for 'ninety' looks like the word for 'everlasting'.
Pro Tip 2/3Common Fractions
Ninety is often used with percentages; to mean nine out of every ten parts.
The teacher said ninety percent of the class passed the exam.
Pro Tip 3/3Round Number
People use round numbers like ninety to estimate or simplify counts, rather than exact figures.
There were about ninety people at the concert last night.
Pro Tip 1/3Cultural Numerology
The number ninety can have specific meanings in different cultures, often symbolizing completion or fullness.
In China, the character for 'ninety' looks like the word for 'everlasting'.
Pro Tip 2/3Common Fractions
Ninety is often used with percentages; to mean nine out of every ten parts.
The teacher said ninety percent of the class passed the exam.
Pro Tip 3/3Round Number
People use round numbers like ninety to estimate or simplify counts, rather than exact figures.
There were about ninety people at the concert last night.
Pro Tip 1/3Cultural Numerology
The number ninety can have specific meanings in different cultures, often symbolizing completion or fullness.
In China, the character for 'ninety' looks like the word for 'everlasting'.
Pro Tip 2/3Common Fractions
Ninety is often used with percentages; to mean nine out of every ten parts.
The teacher said ninety percent of the class passed the exam.
Pro Tip 3/3Round Number
People use round numbers like ninety to estimate or simplify counts, rather than exact figures.
There were about ninety people at the concert last night.
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Watch the Total Solar...
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Seizing Guns and Cash PIPE...
hundred and ninety nine thousand four hundred twenty two dollars it's my first seizure and for something so big like this you know but it's a great feeling it's little X variable today's bust is significant agents believe that seizing money and guns helps to dismantle cartels
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Brian Skerry: Ocean Soul...
War two because of industrial commercial fishing and when I read that I said my god this is going to be headline news in every media outlet you know all the Sharks and billfish and tuna are gone ninety percent but it really didn't get much coverage so we proposed the story
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How bacteria "talk" -...
think of yourself as human beings but I think of you as ninety or ninety two point nine percent bacterial and these bacteria are not passive writers these are incredibly important they keep us alive they cover us in an invisible body armor
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How to live to be 100+ -...
parent dies you always have somebody who has your back this particular moai these five ladies have been together for ninety seven years their average age is a hundred and two typically in America we've divided our adult life up into two
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Bringing glasses to the...
consumers because if we are successful at achieving this wildly ambitious goal we will have made a massive impact on the quality of life of ten percent of the world's population and consequently no doubt the other ninety percent as
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Why War Zones Need...
wide rocky plateaus and all over this island are plants and animals only found here in the wild ninety percent of the island's reptiles don't live anywhere else on earth but if i had to pick a favorite critter i wouldn't be a rare
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How health workers are...
doing and I have some questions too so one is someone has five and ninety five masks they want to donate them but they're not quite sure how to do that how how can how can they help how can they get those masks to you or to your
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Hangout to Cause an...
the world a few metrics that may bring this need to bear our that lions have disappeared from ninety percent of their original habitat ninety percent of the world's population of lions have disappeared many of whom in the last
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Protecting The Elephant...
that's highly prized for carving its value is astronomical a pair of tusks raises ninety thousand dollars on the black market
Video examples
Watch the Total Solar...
most dangerous because you won't have that natural inkling to squint and you should never look at the Sun this is way too bright it will damage your eyes so even if it's ninety percent covered exactly even if it's mostly covered if or something covered you cannot look at it without eye protection you want these iso certified glasses there are also
Video examples
Seizing Guns and Cash PIPE...
hundred and ninety nine thousand four hundred twenty two dollars it's my first seizure and for something so big like this you know but it's a great feeling it's little X variable today's bust is significant agents believe that seizing money and guns helps to dismantle cartels
Video examples
Brian Skerry: Ocean Soul...
War two because of industrial commercial fishing and when I read that I said my god this is going to be headline news in every media outlet you know all the Sharks and billfish and tuna are gone ninety percent but it really didn't get much coverage so we proposed the story
Video examples
How bacteria "talk" -...
think of yourself as human beings but I think of you as ninety or ninety two point nine percent bacterial and these bacteria are not passive writers these are incredibly important they keep us alive they cover us in an invisible body armor
Video examples
How to live to be 100+ -...
parent dies you always have somebody who has your back this particular moai these five ladies have been together for ninety seven years their average age is a hundred and two typically in America we've divided our adult life up into two
Video examples
Bringing glasses to the...
consumers because if we are successful at achieving this wildly ambitious goal we will have made a massive impact on the quality of life of ten percent of the world's population and consequently no doubt the other ninety percent as
Video examples
Why War Zones Need...
wide rocky plateaus and all over this island are plants and animals only found here in the wild ninety percent of the island's reptiles don't live anywhere else on earth but if i had to pick a favorite critter i wouldn't be a rare
Video examples
How health workers are...
doing and I have some questions too so one is someone has five and ninety five masks they want to donate them but they're not quite sure how to do that how how can how can they help how can they get those masks to you or to your
Video examples
Hangout to Cause an...
the world a few metrics that may bring this need to bear our that lions have disappeared from ninety percent of their original habitat ninety percent of the world's population of lions have disappeared many of whom in the last
Video examples
Protecting The Elephant...
that's highly prized for carving its value is astronomical a pair of tusks raises ninety thousand dollars on the black market
Example 1 of 10
Quote examples
Stephen Hendry
Scottish Entertainer
Maybe I wish I could be out there on the big occasions playing like I did at my peak, but I certainly don't miss the six and seven hours a day practice that went hand in hand with being world champion in the nineties - or losing to guys knowing that it would never have happened when I was at my best.
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Peter Tork
American Musician
Hitting a baseball well, as in cricket, is a very rare skill. One of most difficult things to do in the world to do, hitting a ball coming at you at ninety miles an hour with a round bat. Wonderful to watch.
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Zoe Bell
New Zealander Actress
Life's too short to be super conservative but it's also too short to make it any shorter. I don't plan on dying early, but at the same time I don't plan on playing it so safe that I'll live to ninety.
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Derek Walcott
Poet
My mother, who is nearly ninety now, still talks continually about my father. All my life, I've been aware of her grief about his absence and her strong pride in his conduct.
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Sven-Goran Eriksson
Swedish Manager
Italian football in the eighties and nineties was the most beautiful league in the world. The hardest, most beautiful of all.
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Nadiya Hussain
British Chef
Being a parent you want to be strong for your kids and ninety percent of being a parent is not telling the truth.
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Frank de Boer
Dutch Manager
Ninety percent has to come from yourself, your inner-energy, motivation to get the most out of yourself.
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Lou Holtz
American Coach
Life is ten percent what happens to you and ninety percent how you respond to it.
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Bobby Robson
English Athlete
The first ninety minutes of a football match are the most important.
Quote examples
David Draiman
American Musician
Ninety percent of the time, I'm a laid-back teddy-bear dude.
Quote examples
Stephen Hendry
Scottish Entertainer
Maybe I wish I could be out there on the big occasions playing like I did at my peak, but I certainly don't miss the six and seven hours a day practice that went hand in hand with being world champion in the nineties - or losing to guys knowing that it would never have happened when I was at my best.
Quote examples
Peter Tork
American Musician
Hitting a baseball well, as in cricket, is a very rare skill. One of most difficult things to do in the world to do, hitting a ball coming at you at ninety miles an hour with a round bat. Wonderful to watch.
Quote examples
Zoe Bell
New Zealander Actress
Life's too short to be super conservative but it's also too short to make it any shorter. I don't plan on dying early, but at the same time I don't plan on playing it so safe that I'll live to ninety.
Quote examples
Derek Walcott
Poet
My mother, who is nearly ninety now, still talks continually about my father. All my life, I've been aware of her grief about his absence and her strong pride in his conduct.
Quote examples
Sven-Goran Eriksson
Swedish Manager
Italian football in the eighties and nineties was the most beautiful league in the world. The hardest, most beautiful of all.
Quote examples
Nadiya Hussain
British Chef
Being a parent you want to be strong for your kids and ninety percent of being a parent is not telling the truth.
Quote examples
Frank de Boer
Dutch Manager
Ninety percent has to come from yourself, your inner-energy, motivation to get the most out of yourself.
Quote examples
Lou Holtz
American Coach
Life is ten percent what happens to you and ninety percent how you respond to it.
Quote examples
Bobby Robson
English Athlete
The first ninety minutes of a football match are the most important.
Quote examples
David Draiman
American Musician
Ninety percent of the time, I'm a laid-back teddy-bear dude.
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