I. | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ adjective
: being one more than 97 in number
ninety-eight years
— see number table
II. pronoun, plural in construction
: ninety-eight countable persons or things not specified but under consideration and being enumerated
ninety-eight are here
ninety-eight were found
III. noun
1. : eight and 90 : two times 49 : seven times 14
2.
a. : 98 units or objects
a total of ninety-eight
b. : a group or set of 98
3. : the numerable quantity symbolized by the arabic numerals 98