nineties

nineties noun: the decade of one's life from age 90 through age 99. Also the plural of ninety.

Noun (1)

nineties pl (plural only)

(plural, plural-only) The decade of one's life from age 90 through age 99.
(plural, plural-only, rates) The range between 90 and 99.
- My ideal bracket of temperature ranges from the sixties up to the nineties.

Noun (2)

the nineties pl or sg

The decade of the 1890s, 1990s, etc.
- Our readers — and contributors — are apt to elect a good deal according to years. The seventies and eighties, we may suppose, are concerned for the large educational and cultural interests of their Alma Mater; the nineties are deep in the practical and business activities; the noughties are not...1914, Amherst College, “Amherst graduates' quarterly”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), volume 4, page 6
- He and his clever staff of minor blackguards exploited to the full every weakness and caries in the London Society of the 'eighties, 'nineties, and 'oughts.1919, Harry Hamilton Johnston, The Gay-Dombeys: A Novel, Macmillan, page 172

Adjective

nineties (not comparable)

From or evoking the 91st through 100th years of a century (chiefly the 1990s).
- I found myself attracted to his mullet even though it struck me as needlessly nineties.
- Nineties kids are honestly "fired up" about their environment. Students are aware and worried that their world is being destroyed, and teachers only need to tap into that hidden stream of interest.1997, Catherine M. Scharle, “Environmental Children's Books Created by the Hearts and Hands of High School Students”, in The English Journal, volume 86, number 7, →DOI, pages 86–90

Proper noun capitalized: Nineties

Nineties

Alternative letter-case form of nineties, in the context of a specific decade (almost always) the 1890s or 1990s.
- Seventies UFO fans also referred to “close encounters,” including the consciousness-raising “close encounter of the third kind,” in which humans and aliens meet. But UFOlogy has gone through a radical change, and in the Nineties the terms of the past are largely obsolete. During the past decade...1990 December, D. Stacy, T. Sanda, “The alien almanac”, in Omni, volume 13, number 3, pages 97–105
- Failure became a buzz word when the dotcom bubble burst in the late Nineties. Many paper millionaires instantly became part of the "90 per cent club" (people who had lost 90 per cent of their wealth, or more). The casualties got together and "dot-commiserated".2003 July 29, Helen Kirwan-Taylor, “Rock bottom? We're on a high”, in The Telegraph

Also used as

nineties is also the plural of ninety.

nineties meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

nineties in Hindi

नब्बे का दशक, नब्बे के दशक

nineties in Tamil

தொண்ணூறுகள், தொண்ணூறுகளின்

nineties in Marathi

नव्वदचे दशक

nineties in Urdu

نوے کی دہائی

More languagesFewer languages

nineties in Telugu: తొంభైల
nineties in Kannada: ತೊಂಬತ್ತರ ದಶಕ, ತೊಂಬತ್ತರ ದಶಕದ
nineties in Punjabi: ਨੱਬੇ ਦੇ ਦਹਾਕੇ, ਨੱਬੇ ਦਾ ਦਹਾਕਾ
nineties in Gujarati: નેવુંનો દાયકો, નેવુંના દાયકા
nineties in Odia: ନବ୍ବଇ ଦଶକ, ନବ୍ବଇ ଦଶକର
nineties in Nepali: नब्बे को दशक
nineties in Tagalog: dekada nobenta
nineties in Indonesian: tahun sembilan puluhan

Examples of nineties in a sentence

The line was doubled in the nineties and Hillfoot station added for suburbanites in 1900.1959 October, G. H. Robin, “Railways to Helensburgh—a pre-electrification prospect”, in Trains Illustated, page 541:
While PSB [public service broadcasting] has always been subject to multiple influences there is no question that the nineties was a period of massive structural transformation.2001, Gay Hawkins, “The ABC and Rhetorics of Choice”, in Tony Bennett, David Carter, editors, Culture in Australia: Policies, Publics and...

Forms of nineties

alternative form	90s
alternative form	'90s
alternative form	Nineties

Words formed from nineties

Questions about nineties

What does nineties mean?: Nineties means the decade of one's life from age 90 through age 99.
What is nineties in Hindi?: Nineties in Hindi is नब्बे का दशक, नब्बे के दशक. See Nineties meaning in Hindi.
How do you use nineties in a sentence?: The line was doubled in the nineties and Hillfoot station added for suburbanites in 1900.
What part of speech is nineties?: Nineties can be a noun, an adjective or a proper noun.

Words near nineties in the dictionary

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