English

Numeral

eighty-ninth

1. (ordinal) The ordinal form of the number eighty-nine, describing a person or thing in position number 89 of a sequence.

   The answer appears on the eighty-ninth page of the book.

   She finished eighty-ninth in the race.

Usage notes

English ordinal numbers may function as either an adjective or as a noun, and almost never appear in the plural.

Abbreviations

• 89th, 89^th

Noun

eighty-ninth ‎(plural eighty-ninths)

1. (fractional) One of eighty-nine equal parts of a whole.

   An eighty-ninth of 1780 is 20.