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MID-NINETIES
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Dictionary entry overview: What does mid-nineties mean?
• MID-NINETIES (noun)
The noun MID-NINETIES has 1 sense:
1. the time of life between 90 and 100
Familiarity information: MID-NINETIES used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The time of life between 90 and 100
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Synonyms:
mid-nineties; nineties
Hypernyms ("mid-nineties" is a kind of...):
time of life (a period of time during which a person is normally in a particular life state)
Holonyms ("mid-nineties" is a part of...):
age; eld; geezerhood; old age; years (a late time of life)
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