Words / A1

nyn-TEEN/ˌnaɪnˈtiːn/

The number 19 is nineteen: nine + teen. Bus number nineteen / nineteen years old. Ninety is 90. Keep the e in nine when you write nineteen.

Meaning

The number 19.

Examples

• “The bus is number nineteen.”
• “There are nineteen people in the queue.”
• “He is nineteen in October.”

Good to know

19. Contrast: ninety (90). Phrase: nineteen years old.

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