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nineteen [number]

The number 19

US /ˌnaɪnˈtiːn/ 
UK /ˌnaɪnˈtiːn/ 
Example: 

Simson, aged nineteen, was convicted on two charges of burglary.

Oxford Essential Dictionary

nineteen

 number
19

>> nineteenth pronoun, adjective, adverb 19th

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

nineteen

nineteen /ˌnaɪnˈtiːn◂/ BrE AmE number
[Language: Old English; Origin: nigontiene, from nigon 'nine' + tien 'ten']
1. the number 19:
It was nineteen minutes past seven.
I was only nineteen (=19 years old).
2. nineteen to the dozen if you talk nineteen to the dozen, you talk very quickly and without stopping
—nineteenth adjective, pronoun:
in the nineteenth century
her nineteenth birthday
I’m planning to leave on the nineteenth (=the 19th day of the month).

Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

nineteen

nine·teen [nineteen nineteens]   [ˌnaɪnˈtiːn]    [ˌnaɪnˈtiːn]  number
19
Idiom: talk nineteen to the dozen
Derived Word: nineteenth  
Word Origin:

Old English nigontȳne.

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary - 4th Edition
 

nineteen / ˌnaɪnˈtiːn / number

A1 the number 19:

Simson, aged nineteen, was convicted on two charges of burglary.

It's nineteen miles to the nearest town.

Collins Advanced Learner’s English Dictionary

nineteen

[na͟ɪnti͟ːn]
 
 NUM

 Nineteen is the number 19.
  They have nineteen days to make up their minds.

Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary

nineteen

nine·teen /naɪnˈtiːn/ noun, pl -teens [count] : the number 19
- nineteen adj
nineteen hours
- nineteen pronoun
• She bought nineteen (of them).
- nine·teenth /naɪnˈtiːnɵ/ noun, pl -teenths [count]
• The book is due back on the nineteenth (of the month).
• one nineteenth of the total cost
- nineteenth adj
• He was the country's nineteenth president.
• I was the nineteenth person to cross the finish line.
• (humorous) the nineteenth hole [=the bar at a golf course where players drink after playing a round of 18 holes of golf]
- nineteenth adv
• She finished nineteenth in the race.
• the country's nineteenth largest state