nineteen: Meaning and Definition of

nine•teen

Pronunciation: (nīn'tēn'), [key]
— n.
  1. a cardinal number, ten plus nine.
  2. a symbol for this number, as 19 or XIX.
  3. a set of this many persons or things.
  4. to talk very rapidly or vehemently: Whenever I'm excited I talk nineteen to the dozen.
—adj.
  1. amounting to nineteen in number.
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
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