Betekenis van nineties In het Nederlands

• 0 A person's nineties are the period in which they are aged between 90 and 99:

  • She was well into her nineties when she died.

  • Today it's supposed to get very hot - maybe up into the nineties.

  • Bill Clinton was the US president in/during the nineties.

• 1 the numbers 90 through 99:

  • It’s expected to be in the nineties (= between 90° and 99°) tomorrow.

  • Inflation was held in check in the nineties (= between 1990 and 1999).

  • I know only two people in their nineties (= between 90 and 99 years old).