"90s" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: '90s [alternative], 90's [alternative]
Head templates: {{en-noun|p}} 90s pl (plural only)
  1. The decade beginning in '90 and ending in '99 of a century, often the 1990s one. Tags: plural, plural-only Synonyms: nineties Translations (the decade of the 1990s — see also nineties): 90'erne (Danish), 90-es évek (Hungarian), 90年代 (Japanese), 90-talet [neuter] (Swedish), 90'lar (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-90s-en-noun-x50aBEPh Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English pluralia tantum, English words spelled without vowels, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Turkish translations, Decades, Temperature Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 96 4 Disambiguation of English pluralia tantum: 83 17 Disambiguation of English words spelled without vowels: 90 10 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 86 14 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 94 6 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 94 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 91 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 88 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 86 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 86 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 86 14 Disambiguation of Decades: 95 5 Disambiguation of Temperature: 100 0 Disambiguation of 'the decade of the 1990s — see also nineties': 94 6
  2. A range of the numbers ninety (90) to ninety-nine (99). Tags: plural, plural-only
    Sense id: en-90s-en-noun-vLaESuI0
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hyponyms: 1890s, 1990s
Related terms: 1700s · 1710s · 1720s · 1730s · 1740s · 1750s · 1760s · 1770s · 1780s · 1790s, 1800s · 1810s · 1820s · 1830s · 1840s · 1850s · 1860s · 1870s · 1880s · 1890s, 1900s · 1910s · 1920s · 1930s · 1940s · 1950s · 1960s · 1970s · 1980s · 1990s, 2000s · 2010s · 2020s · 2030s · 2040s · 2050s · 2060s · 2070s · 2080s · 2090s, 2100s · 2110s · 2120s · 2130s · 2140s · 2150s · 2160s · 2170s · 2180s · 2190s, 2200s · 2210s · 2220s · 2230s · 2240s · 2250s · 2260s · 2270s · 2280s · 2290s, 00s · 10s · 20s · 30s · 40s · 50s · 60s · 70s · 80s · 90s, '00s · '10s · '20s · '30s · '40s · '50s · '60s · '70s · '80s · '90s, 00's · 10's · 20's · 30's · 40's · 50's · 60's · 70's · 80's · 90's, zeros, zeroes, aughts, noughties, oughts · oneties, tens, teens · twenties · thirties · forties · fifties · sixties · seventies · eighties · nineties, Hungry Forties · Gay Nineties · Naughty Nineties · Roaring Twenties · Dirty Thirties · Swinging Sixties

Alternative forms

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