I. | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ adjective
: being one more than 98 in number
ninety-nine years
— see number table
II. pronoun, plural in construction
: ninety-nine countable persons or things not specified but under consideration and being enumerated
ninety-nine are here
ninety-nine were found
III. noun
1. : nine and 90 : three times 33 : nine times 11
2.
a. : 99 units or objects
a total of ninety-nine
b. : a group or set of 99
3. : the numerable quantity symbolized by the arabic numerals 99 — often used with and instead of a hyphen