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nineteen
CIDE DICTIONARY
Nine and ten; eighteen and one more; one less than twenty; as, nineteen months. [1913 Webster]
nineteen, n.
- The number greater than eighteen by a unit; the sum of ten and nine; nineteen units or objects. [1913 Webster]
- A symbol for nineteen units, as 19 or xix. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
nineteen, n. & adj.
--n.
1 one more than eighteen, nine more than ten.
2 the symbol for this (19, xix, XIX).
3 a size etc. denoted by nineteen.
--adj. that amount to nineteen.
--n.
1 one more than eighteen, nine more than ten.
2 the symbol for this (19, xix, XIX).
3 a size etc. denoted by nineteen.
--adj. that amount to nineteen.
Idiom
talk nineteen to the dozen see DOZEN.
Derivative
nineteenth adj. & n.
Etymology
OE nigontyne
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