eighty-nine

Before ninety, after eighty-eight

Eighty-nine is the cardinal number between eighty-eight and ninety, written 89.

It appears in addresses, ages, scores, and measurements: My grandmother lived to be eighty-nine.

The ordinal form is eighty-ninth.

number

integer

Number lacking fractions

  • oddUnusual or not even
  • primeReadying for action
  • numeralSymbol denoting quantity

digit · cardinal · quantity · figure · value · numerical

counting

tally

Recorded count

sum · tabulate · quantify · reckon · calculate · census · inventory · score · itemize · record

year

1989

Final Cold War year

anniversary · dated · period · timestamped

age

octogenarian

Person in ninth decade

retirement · pensioner · elder · aged · venerable · wisdom · maturity · geriatric · nonagenarian

Categories
Opposites
numerical magnitude

eighty-ninezero

Numerical absence of quantity

one · two · three · eleven · ninety-one

roundness/precision

eighty-nineninety

Ten less than hundred

one hundred · fifty · ten · round number · hundred

age connotation

eighty-nineone

Lowest positive integer

newborn · young · infant · toddler · baby

Family

eight, nine, ninety, eighty, nineteen, eighty-six, ninety-one, eighty-one, eighty-two

Familiarity
Top 50,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G