nineteen
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noun
1.
a cardinal number, ten plus nine.
2.
a symbol for this number, as 19 or XIX.
3.
a set of this many persons or things.
adjective
Idioms 4.
amounting to nineteen in number.
5.
talk nineteen to the dozen, to talk very rapidly or vehemently: Whenever I'm excited I talk nineteen to the dozen.
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| —n | |
| 1. | See also number the cardinal number that is the sum of ten and nine and is a prime number |
| 2. | a numeral, 19, XIX, etc, representing this number |
| 3. | something represented by, representing, or consisting of 19 units |
| 4. | talk nineteen to the dozen to talk incessantly |
| —determiner | |
| 5. | a. amounting to nineteen: nineteen pictures |
| b. (as pronoun): only nineteen voted | |
| [Old English nigontīne] | |
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Example sentences
In the nineteen-fifties, rocket scientist built and test fired a nuclear rocket engine.
The explosion killed nineteen servicemen and wounded hundreds of others, including civilians of several nationalities.
During the nineteen-forties, health-care reformers tried to make the claim that there was a precedent for health-care legislation.
Nineteen refused to buy it, and the twentieth dealer offered only a fraction of the purchase price.
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