It was decided she had to stay another ninety days.
2. plural noun
When you talk about the nineties, you are referring to numbers between 90 and 99. For example, if you are in your nineties, you are aged between 90 and 99. If the temperature is in the nineties, the temperature is between 90 and 99 degrees.
By this time she was in her nineties and needed help more and more frequently.
3. plural noun
The nineties is the decade between 1990 and 1999.
These trends only got worse as we moved into the nineties.
ninety in British English
(ˈnaɪntɪ)
nounWord forms: plural-ties
1.
the cardinal number that is the product of ten and nine
See also number (sense 1)
2.
a numeral, 90, XC, etc, representing this number
3.
something represented by, representing, or consisting of 90 units
determiner
4.
a.
amounting to ninety
ninety times out of a hundred
b.
(as pronoun)
at least ninety are thought to be missing
Word origin
Old English nigontig
ninety in American English
(ˈnaɪnti)
adjective
1.
nine times ten
nounWord forms: pluralˈnineties
2.
the cardinal number between eighty-nine and ninety-one; 90; XC (or LXXXX)
Idioms:
the nineties
Word origin
ME nigenty < OE nigontig: see nine & -ty2
Examples of 'ninety' in a sentence
ninety
Not many bands that emerged with you in the early Nineties have gone the distance.
The Sun (2016)
A couple of commendable but slight folk covers albums in the early Nineties lead to assertions of writer's block.
The Sun (2016)
Yet the early nineties were a palpable disappointment.
Christianity Today (2000)
Within ninety minutes the ship was ready for departure.
Eaton, John P & Haas, Charles A Titanic - Destination disaster (1987)
Terms of more than ninety days are not unusual.
Joanna Blythman SHOPPED: The Shocking Power of British Supermarkets (2004)
The Nineties was a time of peace and prosperity.
The Sun (2010)
Like ninety per cent of her fellow students she has chosen American.
various & introduction by Deirdre Chapman A Roomful of Birds - Scottish short stories 1990 (1990)
The indie disco favourites of the early Nineties are still going strong.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
But it is the remaining ones that really are the problem ones for us and probably cause ninety per cent of our issues.
The Sun (2013)
Forget the glitz and glamour of the Nineties and Noughties.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
He has also been out in the nineties 18 times in one-day internationals.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
Since the early Nineties, residents have spoken of seeing thousands of mysterious objects in the sky they cannot explain.
The Sun (2015)
Since the early Nineties, social workers have been charged with managing expenditure on residential care which had previously been spiralling out of control.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
A huge trend back in the Nineties, this time around pleats are chic.