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ninety-nine
[nahyn-tee-nahyn]
noun
a cardinal number, 90 plus 9.
a symbol for this number, as 99 or XCIX.
a set of this many persons or things.
adjective
amounting to 99 in number.
Example Sentences
He claimed he had worshipped the god with ninety-nine names, and the ninety-nine gods with one.
"A researcher might be happy if one out of a hundred devices works for their first experiment, but a manufacturer might need ninety-nine out of a hundred devices to work," Stavis noted.
“Four hundred and ninety-nine games later, the most important game is tonight.”
“What you’re suggesting is a one in a million chance, and that means there are nine hundred and ninety-nine thousand other chances to die.”
But I’m ninety-nine percent sure he has no idea what luciferin is.
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