eighty-nine

eighty-nine
/ay"tee nuyn"/, n.
1. a cardinal number, 80 plus 9.
2. a symbol for this number, as 89 or LXXXIX.
3. a set of this many persons or things.
adj.
4. amounting to 89 in number.

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