WordGarden.ionineteen
A1Pronunciation
UK
- /naɪntˈiːn/
US
- /ˈnaɪnˈtin/
Meanings
Determiner
the cardinal number 19
Noun
the number or numeral 19
Beyond the definition
Nineteen is the number 19. It comes after eighteen and before twenty, and it is the last number in the teen group. People often use it when talking about age, quantity, dates, or anything that can be counted.
You might say, "The student was nineteen years old," or "There were nineteen chairs in the room." You may also see the related form "nineteenth," as in "the nineteenth century," which means the 1800s. In everyday use, nineteen usually points to a clear, exact amount.
Nineteen (19) is the natural number that follows eighteen and comes before twenty. It is the last of the teen numbers, so it often appears in both simple counting and in talks about age. The word is used to name an exact amount, whether you are speaking about nineteen books, nineteen days, nineteen dollars, or a person who is nineteen years old.
The word also appears in dates, years, room numbers, page numbers, scores, and other number-based labels. In many everyday sentences, it simply gives a precise count: "I bought nineteen apples," "The bus arrived in nineteen minutes," or "She started college at nineteen." In these cases, the meaning stays direct and practical.
A related form is "nineteenth," which is used for order rather than amount. For example, "the nineteenth chapter" means chapter number 19, and "the nineteenth century" means the years from 1801 to 1900. This helps show the difference between the number itself and its ordinal form.
In short, nineteen is a common English number word used whenever the amount is 19. It can describe age, quantity, time, dates, and position when changed to "nineteenth." The idea is simple: it names a specific number at the end of the teen series.
Examples
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Quantity
There are nineteen students in the class.
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Age
My brother is nineteen and still lives at home.
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Birthday
She turned nineteen last week.
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Hyphenated age
A nineteen-year-old driver stopped to help us.
- Grammarnineteen-year-old + noun
a noun or person who is nineteen years old
More examplesFewer examples
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Proportion
Nineteen out of twenty people in the group voted yes.
- Patternnineteen out of twenty
nineteen from a total of twenty
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Year
My grandmother was born in nineteen forty-two.
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Forms and spellings
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Main spelling
- nineteennounadjective