"nineties" meaning in English

See nineties in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} nineties (not comparable)
  1. From or evoking the 91st through 100th years of a century (chiefly the 1990s). Tags: not-comparable
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: 90s Synonyms (decade): '90s, Nineties
Disambiguation of 'decade': 1 45 0 48 5

Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|p}} nineties pl (plural only)
  1. plural of ninety Tags: form-of, plural, plural-only Form of: ninety
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  2. The decade of one's life from age 90 through age 99. Tags: plural, plural-only
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  3. (temperature, rates, plural only) The range between 90 and 99. Tags: plural, plural-only
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: 90s Synonyms (decade): '90s, Nineties Derived forms: nervous nineties Related terms: nonagenarian
Disambiguation of 'decade': 1 45 0 48 5

Noun

Forms: the nineties [canonical, plural, singular]
Head templates: {{head|en|noun|g=p|g2=s|head=the nineties}} the nineties pl or sg
  1. The decade of the 1890s, 1990s, etc. Categories (topical): Decades Hyponyms: 1790s, 1890s, 1990s, 2090s Derived forms: Gay Nineties, Naughty Nineties Translations (the decade of the 1990s): anys noranta [masculine, plural] (Catalan), devadesátá léta [neuter, plural] (Czech), jaren negentig [neuter, plural] (Dutch), jaren 90 [neuter, plural] (Dutch), jaren 1990 [neuter, plural] (Dutch), yhdeksänkymmentäluku (Finnish), années quatre-vingt-dix [feminine, plural] (French), années 90 [feminine, plural] (French), 1990-იანები (1990-ianebi) (Georgian), 1990-იანი წლები (1990-iani c̣lebi) (Georgian), ათას ცხრაას ოთხმოცდაათიანი წლები (atas cxraas otxmocdaatiani c̣lebi) (Georgian), ოთხმოცდაათიანები (otxmocdaatianebi) (Georgian), 90-იანები (90-ianebi) (Georgian), 90-იანი წლები (90-iani c̣lebi) (Georgian), ოთხმოცდაათიანი წლები (otxmocdaatiani c̣lebi) (Georgian), neunziger Jahre [neuter, plural] (German), Neunziger [plural] (German), Neunzigerjahre [neuter, plural] (German), 90er Jahre [neuter, plural] (German), kilencvenes évek (Hungarian), tahun sembilan puluhan (Indonesian), 九十年代 (kyūjū-nendai) (Japanese), 90年代 (kyūjū-nendai) (Japanese), 90년대 (gusimnyeondae) (Korean), lata dziewięćdziesiąte [plural] (Polish), lata 90. [plural] (Polish), anos noventa [masculine, plural] (Portuguese), década de noventa [feminine] (Portuguese), десятиле́тие девяно́стых годо́в (desjatilétije devjanóstyx godóv) [neuter] (Russian), años noventa [masculine, plural] (Spanish), los noventa [masculine, plural] (Spanish), nittiotal [neuter] (Swedish), 90-tal [neuter] (Swedish), dekada nobenta (Tagalog), дев'яності (devʺjanosti) [neuter, plural] (Ukrainian), nawdegau [masculine, plural] (Welsh)
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: 90s Synonyms (decade): '90s, Nineties
Disambiguation of 'decade': 1 45 0 48 5

Alternative forms

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          "ref": "1914, Amherst College, “Amherst graduates' quarterly”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), volume 4, page 6:",
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          "text": "1919, Harry Hamilton Johnston, The Gay-Dombeys: A Novel, Macmillan, page 172,\nHe and his clever staff of minor blackguards exploited to the full every weakness and caries in the London Society of the 'eighties, 'nineties, and 'oughts."
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          "ref": "1959 October, G. H. Robin, “Railways to Helensburgh—a pre-electrification prospect”, in Trains Illustated, page 541:",
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          "ref": "2001, Gay Hawkins, “The ABC and Rhetorics of Choice”, in Tony Bennett, David Carter, editors, Culture in Australia: Policies, Publics and Programs, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 176:",
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          "word": "1800s · 1810s · 1820s · 1830s · 1840s · 1850s · 1860s · 1870s · 1880s · 1890s"
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          "word": "1900s · 1910s · 1920s · 1930s · 1940s · 1950s · 1960s · 1970s · 1980s · 1990s"
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        {
          "word": "2000s · 2010s · 2020s · 2030s · 2040s · 2050s · 2060s · 2070s · 2080s · 2090s"
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        {
          "word": "2100s · 2110s · 2120s · 2130s · 2140s · 2150s · 2160s · 2170s · 2180s · 2190s"
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        {
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      "sense": "the decade of the 1990s",
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      "sense": "the decade of the 1990s",
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      "word": "años noventa"
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      "sense": "the decade of the 1990s",
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      "sense": "the decade of the 1990s",
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      "word": "nittiotal"
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      "sense": "the decade of the 1990s",
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      "sense": "the decade of the 1990s",
      "word": "dekada nobenta"
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      "roman": "devʺjanosti",
      "sense": "the decade of the 1990s",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "дев'яності"
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      "sense": "the decade of the 1990s",
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        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "nawdegau"
    }
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  "word": "nineties"
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          "text": "I found myself attracted to his mullet even though it struck me as needlessly nineties.",
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          "ref": "1997, Catherine M. Scharle, “Environmental Children's Books Created by the Hearts and Hands of High School Students”, in The English Journal, volume 86, number 7, →DOI, pages 86–90:",
          "text": "Nineties kids are honestly \"fired up\" about their environment. Students are aware and worried that their world is being destroyed, and teachers only need to tap into that hidden stream of interest.",
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