Nineties

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  nineties \nineties\ n. pl.
     1. The decade from 1890 to 1899; as, the gay nineties.
        [WordNet 1.5]
  
     2. The decade from 1990 to 1999; as, they spent a ton of
        money to solve the Y2K bug in the nineties.


        [WordNet 1.5]
  
     3. The time of life between ages 90 and 100.
  
     Syn: mid-nineties.
          [WordNet 1.5]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Ninety \Nine"ty\, n.; pl. {Nineties}.
     1. The sum of nine times ten; the number greater by a unit
        than eighty-nine; ninety units or objects.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. A symbol representing ninety units, as 90 or xc.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  nineties
       n 1: the decade from 1890 to 1899 [syn: {1890s}]
       2: the decade from 1990 to 1999 [syn: {1990s}]
       3: the time of life between 90 and 100 [syn: {mid-nineties}]