ninety-nine

noun 2num 1

Collocations

ADJ.

all, mean, old

VERB + NINETY-NINE

age, cost, earned, lived, share, turning, would've

NINETY-NINE + NOUN

cents, days, dollars, kilo, nationalities, percent, perspiration, year

ADV.

almost, always, only

num

The cardinal number immediately following ninety-eight and preceding one hundred.

noun

A traditional British ice cream cone with a flaky chocolate bar inserted, usually made with soft serve.

A simple card game with a running total, players dropping out if they would be forced to bring the total above ninety-nine.

adjective — being one less than one hundred and nine more than ninety

A genius depends more on hard work than imagination.

The whole thing is to keep working and pretty soon they'll think you're good. Genius is one percent inspiration, ninety-nine percent perspiration.

Ninety-nine always makes me laugh.

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My grandfather lived to be ninety-nine years old.

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Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration.

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Ninety-nine percent of all failures come from people who have the habit of making excuses.

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Tom died at the age of ninety-nine.

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She became a great-great-grandmother just days before turning ninety-nine.

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