ninetynine‧ty /ˈnaɪnti/ ●●● S3 W3 number 
America was far richer in the nineties.the early/mid/late nineties The industry received a lot of bad publicity in the early nineties.3be in your nineties to be aged between 90 and 99early/mid/late nineties My grandfather was in his early nineties when he died.4 in the nineties if the temperature is in the nineties, it is between 90 degrees and 99 degreesin the low/mid/high nineties Temperatures were still in the high nineties.—ninetieth adjective: her ninetieth birthday
WORD ORIGINninety
Origin:
Old English nigontig, from nigon ‘nine’WORD SETS
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COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY The industry received a lot of bad publicity in the early nineties. My grandfather was in his early nineties when he died. Temperatures were still in the high nineties.
1the number 902 the nineties [plural] (also the '90s, the 1990s) the years from 1990 to 1999: The industry received a lot of bad publicity in the early nineties. My grandfather was in his early nineties when he died. Temperatures were still in the high nineties. America was far richer in the nineties.the early/mid/late nineties The industry received a lot of bad publicity in the early nineties.3be in your nineties to be aged between 90 and 99early/mid/late nineties My grandfather was in his early nineties when he died.4 in the nineties if the temperature is in the nineties, it is between 90 degrees and 99 degreesin the low/mid/high nineties Temperatures were still in the high nineties.—ninetieth adjective: her ninetieth birthday