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nineties (root: ninety)
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun nineties has 3 senses
- nineties(n = noun.time) 1890s - the decade from 1890 to 1899; Array is a kind of decade, decennary, decennium
- nineties(n = noun.time) 1990s - the decade from 1990 to 1999; Array is a kind of decade, decennary, decennium
- nineties(n = noun.time) mid-nineties - the time of life between 90 and 100; Array is a kind of time of life
is a part of age, eld, geezerhood, old age, years
CIDE DICTIONARY
nineties, n. pl.
- The decade from 1890 to 1899; as, the gay nineties. [WordNet 1.5]
- The decade from 1990 to 1999; as, they spent a ton of money to solve the Y2K bug in the nineties. [WordNet 1.5]
- The time of life between ages 90 and 100. [WordNet 1.5]
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