nineteen

Everyday

1. Nineteen is the number 19. It is ten and nine, one less than twenty. tree →
2. Nineteen can be an age: a person who is nineteen is in their late teens. tree →

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 →
• He read nineteen pages. tree →
• Nineteen cars are in the lot. tree →
• Nineteen plus one is twenty. tree →
• My cousin is nineteen and goes to college. tree →
• The bus number nineteen goes to the beach. tree →
• Nineteen is a prime number. tree →
• She talked nineteen to the dozen all the way home. tree →
• She was now seventeen, and he nineteen years old. tree →

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.

In Jewish tradition

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

• And Nahor lived after he begot Terah a hundred and nineteen years, and begot sons and daughters. (Torah GEN.11.25, JPS 1917) tree →
• and Iron, and Migdal-el, and Horem, and Beth-anath, and Beth-shemesh; nineteen cities with their villages. (Prophets JOS.19.38, JPS 1917) tree →
• And Joab returned from following Abner; and when he had gathered all the people together, there lacked of David's servants nineteen men and Asahel. (Prophets 2SA.2.30, JPS 1917) tree →

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.