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ninety-eight

[ nahyn-tee-eyt ]

noun

  1. a cardinal number, 90 plus 8.
  2. a symbol for this number, as 98 or XCVIII.
  3. a set of this many persons or things.


adjective

  1. amounting to 98 in number.

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Example Sentences

Ninety-eight, and he still drives a pair of Morgan horses himself.

Nineteen ninety-eight was the year Titanic swept the Oscars, Viagra went on sale, and Britney Spears was introduced to the world.

The motion was earned by a majority of three hundred and twenty-nine against one hundred and ninety-eight.

After an animated discussion, however, the second reading was carried by one hundred and fifty-seven votes against ninety-eight.

Zeno lived to the extreme old age of ninety-eight, although his constitution was not strong.

On a division, the motion was lost by a majority of three hundred and fifteen against one hundred and ninety-eight.

In this way as many as one hundred and ninety-eight trucks are sometimes sent off in a single day.

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