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NINETY-TWO

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ninety-two mean? 

NINETY-TWO (adjective)
  The adjective NINETY-TWO has 1 sense:

1. being two more than ninetyplay

  Familiarity information: NINETY-TWO used as an adjective is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


NINETY-TWO (adjective)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Being two more than ninety

Synonyms:

92; ninety-two; xcii

Similar:

cardinal (being or denoting a numerical quantity but not order)


 Context examples 


It is a fact which will be long remembered as remarkable down there, that she was never drowned, but died triumphantly in bed, at ninety-two.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)



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