noun
- the years from 1990 to 1999
- the years from 90 to 99 in any century
- the range of temperatures from 90 to 99 degrees
Usage: often used with ‘the’
Examples
- She grew up in the nineties listening to grunge music.
- The nineties were a decade of rapid technological change.
- My grandmother is in her nineties but still very active.
- The temperature reached the nineties yesterday.
- Fashion from the nineties is making a comeback.
- He was born in the early nineties.
- The heat wave brought temperatures into the upper nineties.