ninety
Degrees, right angle
Ninety is the number between eighty-nine and ninety-one, or nine times ten.
The nineties refers to the years of a decade or century ending in 90-99: She was born in the nineties.
Someone in their nineties is between ninety and ninety-nine years old.
Ninety percent often means nearly all: Ninety percent of success is just showing up.
Symbol denoting quantity
- digitSingle numeric character
- integerNumber lacking fractions
- cardinalOf foremost importance
- decimalTenths-based notation
score · tally · count · quantity · sum · total · percentage · fraction
Advanced in age
patriarch · matriarch · old-timer · retiree · silver-haired · elder · time-worn · geriatric
Ninety-degree intersection
- perpendicularAt right angles
- orthogonalAt right angles
- rotationTurning on an axis
- turnRotational movement
corner · angle · geometry · protractor · square · L-shaped · vertical · horizontal
Annual date of origin
- anniversaryRecurring memorial date
- celebrationFestive event marking occasion
- achievementAccomplished goal or deed
- accomplishmentSuccessful completion of aim
landmark · benchmark · threshold · marker · commemoration · tribute · honor · toast
Short of completely
- nearlyAlmost but incomplete
- majorityOver half of total
- overwhelmingIntensely excessive in force
- completionAct of finishing
threshold · passing · grade · accuracy · coverage · probability · likelihood · confidence
numeral
Symbol denoting quantity
decimal · score · tally · count · quantity · sum · total · percentage · fraction · mathematics
elderly
Advanced in age
ancient · patriarch · matriarch · old-timer · retiree · silver-haired · elder · time-worn · geriatric · octogenarian
right-angle
Ninety-degree intersection
- perpendicularAt right angles
- orthogonalAt right angles
- rotationTurning on an axis
turn · corner · angle · geometry · protractor · square · L-shaped · vertical · horizontal · intersection
birthday
Annual date of origin
- anniversaryRecurring memorial date
- celebrationFestive event marking occasion
- achievementAccomplished goal or deed
accomplishment · landmark · benchmark · threshold · marker · commemoration · tribute · honor · toast · festivity
almost
Short of completely
- nearlyAlmost but incomplete
- majorityOver half of total
- overwhelmingIntensely excessive in force
completion · threshold · passing · grade · accuracy · coverage · probability · likelihood · confidence · virtually
- numbersone, two, four, three, 0
- milestone agessweet sixteen, quinceanera, first birthday, sixteen, eighteen
- breakdancingbreakdancing, breaking, b-boy, b-boying, toprock
- two-word numberstwenty-one, twenty-five, thirty-three, forty-four, fifty-five
- nine o'clockSpecific hour designation
- nine livesSupposed feline allotment
- nine to fiveStandard workday timeframe
- on cloud nineExtremely elated state
- cloud nineState of extreme elation
- back nineLast half of course