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# nineteen

«nineteen» in Mova's school dictionary: **the number 19** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

number (nineteen)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Nineteen is the number 19. It is ten and nine, one less than twenty. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nineteen/#m1)

2) Nineteen can be an age: a person who is nineteen is in their late teens. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nineteen/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In maths: a count written in words; 19 is a prime number (only 1 and 19 divide it). In everyday life: ages, prices, scores, page and bus numbers. In stories: «nineteen to the dozen» (UK) means talking very fast.

### examples

- There are nineteen students in the class. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nineteen/#x1)
- He read nineteen pages. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nineteen/#x2)
- Nineteen cars are in the lot. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nineteen/#x3)
- Nineteen plus one is twenty. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nineteen/#x4)
- My cousin is nineteen and goes to college. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nineteen/#x5)
- The bus number nineteen goes to the beach. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nineteen/#x6)
- Nineteen is a prime number. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nineteen/#x7)
- She talked nineteen to the dozen all the way home. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nineteen/#x8)
- She was now seventeen, and he nineteen years old. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nineteen/#x9)

### note

A number written in words; read it as 19. Trap: do not confuse nineteen (19) with ninety (90): «-teen» means plus ten, «-ty» means tens. 19 is odd and prime. «Nineteen to the dozen» is a saying, not a sum.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «nineteen» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nineteen/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.