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MID-NINETIES

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does mid-nineties mean? 

MID-NINETIES (noun)
  The noun MID-NINETIES has 1 sense:

1. the time of life between 90 and 100play

  Familiarity information: MID-NINETIES used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


MID-NINETIES (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The time of life between 90 and 100

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Synonyms:

mid-nineties; nineties

Hypernyms ("mid-nineties" is a kind of...):

time of life (a period of time during which a person is normally in a particular life state)

Holonyms ("mid-nineties" is a part of...):

age; eld; geezerhood; old age; years (a late time of life)


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