NINETEEN


Meaning of NINETEEN in English

nine ‧ teen /ˌnaɪnˈtiːn◂/ BrE AmE number

[ Language: Old English ; Origin: nigontiene , from nigon 'nine' + tien 'ten' ]

1 . the number 19:

It was nineteen minutes past seven.

I was only nineteen (=19 years old) .

2 . nineteen to the dozen if you talk nineteen to the dozen, you talk very quickly and without stopping

—nineteenth adjective , pronoun :

in the nineteenth century

her nineteenth birthday

I’m planning to leave on the nineteenth (=the 19th day of the month) .

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.