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NINETY-TWO
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Dictionary entry overview: What does ninety-two mean?
• NINETY-TWO (adjective)
The adjective NINETY-TWO has 1 sense:
1. being two more than ninety
Familiarity information: NINETY-TWO used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Being two more than ninety
Synonyms:
Similar:
cardinal (being or denoting a numerical quantity but not order)
Context examples
It is a fact which will be long remembered as remarkable down there, that she was never drowned, but died triumphantly in bed, at ninety-two.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
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