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nineteen

[ nahyn-teen ]

noun

  1. a cardinal number, ten plus nine.
  2. a symbol for this number, as 19 or XIX.
  3. a set of this many persons or things.


adjective

  1. amounting to nineteen in number.

nineteen

/ ˌԲɪˈپː /

noun

  1. the cardinal number that is the sum of ten and nine and is a prime number See also number
  2. a numeral, 19, XIX, etc, representing this number
  3. something represented by, representing, or consisting of 19 units
  4. talk nineteen to the dozen
    to talk incessantly
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

determiner

    1. amounting to nineteen

      nineteen pictures

    2. ( as pronoun )

      only nineteen voted

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of nineteen1

before 1000; Middle English nintene, Old English ԾDzԳٲ̄Ա. See nine, -teen
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of nineteen1

Old English ԾDzԳīԱ
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Idioms and Phrases

  1. talk nineteen to the dozen, to talk very rapidly or vehemently:

    Whenever I'm excited I talk nineteen to the dozen.

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Example Sentences

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In the 2020s, some of those girls have now grown into adult women navigating daily struggles alongside lingering trauma from their nineteen stranded months.

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However, only six of their nineteen products tested by the FDA actually contained muscimol, and the agency admitted that muscimol “cannot explain all the symptoms reported by ill patients.”

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A cool head, an unfeeling heart, and a cowardly disposition prompted him, at the age of nineteen, to assume the mask of hypocrisy, which he never afterwards laid aside….

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“These nineteen Americans built teams, coalitions, movements, organizations, and businesses that shaped America for the better,” the announcement from the White House said.

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France would contribute three divisions to the campaign, while Britain had nineteen divisions.

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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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