NINETEEN


Meaning of NINETEEN in English

I. (ˈ)nīn.|tēn, -īnt|tēn sometimes -īnt.|ēn adjective

Etymology: Middle English nynetene, nigentene, from Old English nigontīene, nigontȳne, nigontēne (akin to Old High German niunzehan, Old Norse nītjān ), from nigon nine + -tīene, -tȳne, -tēne (from tīen, tȳn, tēn ten) — more at nine , ten

: being one more than 18 in number

nineteen years

— see number table; used prepositively to designate various years of the 20th century

the nineteen -eighties

the early nineteen -hundreds

II. pronoun, plural in construction

Etymology: Middle English nynetene, nigentene, from nynetene, nigentene nineteen, adjective

: nineteen countable persons or things not specified but under consideration and being enumerated

nineteen are here

nineteen were found

III. noun

( -s )

1. : 10 and nine

2.

a. : 19 units or objects

a total of nineteen

b. : a group or set of 19

3. : the numerable quantity symbolized by the arabic numerals 19

4. : the nineteenth in a set or series ; especially : an article of clothing of the nineteenth size

wears a nineteen

5. : something having as an essential feature nineteen units or members

6.

[so called from the fact that no hand can score exactly 19]

: a score of zero in cribbage

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