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# ninety

number (ninety); noun (the nineties)

«ninety» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Ninety is the number 90. It is nine tens. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/ninety/#m1)
2. «The nineties» are the numbers or ages from 90 to 99, or the years of a century ending in 90 to 99. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/ninety/#m2)
3. A ninety-degree angle is a right angle, a square corner. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/ninety/#m3)

### In the lessons

In maths: a count written in words; a right angle is 90 degrees; 90 minutes is an hour and a half. In everyday life: prices, ages, temperatures, a 90-minute football (soccer) match. In stories: «going ninety miles an hour» means going very fast.

### Examples

- The book has ninety pages. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/ninety/#x1)
- Ninety people came to the fair. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/ninety/#x2)
- He paid ninety cents. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/ninety/#x3)
- A right angle measures ninety degrees. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/ninety/#x4)
- A soccer match lasts ninety minutes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/ninety/#x5)
- My great-grandma is ninety. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/ninety/#x6)
- Ninety plus ten is a hundred. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/ninety/#x7)
- The corner of a book is a ninety-degree angle. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/ninety/#x8)
- Who would have believed a woman past ninety could walk with such speed? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/ninety/#x9)

### Note

A number written in words; read it as 90. Trap: do not confuse ninety (90) with nineteen (19). Spelling: ninety keeps the «e», but ninth drops it. A right angle = 90°. 90 minutes = 1 hour 30 minutes.

## In Jewish tradition

In maths: a count written in words; a right angle is 90 degrees; 90 minutes is an hour and a half. In everyday life: prices, ages, temperatures, a 90-minute football (soccer) match. In stories: «going ninety miles an hour» means going very fast.

### Examples

- And Enosh lived ninety years, and begot Kenan. (Torah GEN.5.9, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/N/ninety/#x1)
- And all the days of Mahalalel were eight hundred ninety and five years; and he died. (Torah GEN.5.17, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/N/ninety/#x2)
- And Lamech lived after he begot Noah five hundred ninety and five years, and begot sons and daughters. (Torah GEN.5.30, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/N/ninety/#x3)
- The children of Gibbar, ninety and five. (Writings EZR.2.20, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/N/ninety/#x4)
- The children of Gibeon, ninety and five. (Writings NEH.7.25, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/N/ninety/#x5)
- The children of Ater, of Hezekiah, ninety and eight. (Writings EZR.2.16, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/N/ninety/#x6)

### Note

A number written in words; read it as 90. Trap: do not confuse ninety (90) with nineteen (19). Spelling: ninety keeps the «e», but ninth drops it. A right angle = 90°. 90 minutes = 1 hour 30 minutes.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «ninety» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/ninety/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«ninety» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/ninety.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «ninety» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/N/ninety/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«ninety» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/ninety.html) on Mova free.