nineteen
nineteen — noun
1. the number that comes between eighteen and twenty; the written symbol 19.
the number that comes between eighteen and twenty; the written symbol 19.
Pim wrote the number nineteen on the whiteboard for the math quiz.
the number nineteen as a symbol
Greta thinks nineteen is a wonderful age to start learning the guitar.
The ticket in Kabir's hand had the number nineteen printed in red.
Emre counted up to nineteen and then stopped, unsure of the next number.
用法筆記
As a noun, nineteen refers to the abstract number or its written form. Use the number sense (nineteen + noun) when specifying a quantity.
常見錯誤
nineteen — number
1. 19 in total; used before a noun to give the exact count of people or things.
19 in total; used before a noun to give the exact count of people or things.
There are nineteen students in Yael's morning English class at the college.
nineteen + plural noun (students)
Isabela bought nineteen bright balloons and tied them to the garden fence.
The old clock above the kitchen door showed nineteen minutes past two.
Christopher collected nineteen different stamps from his trip across southern Japan.
用法筆記
In this sense, nineteen always appears before a plural countable noun (nineteen chairs, nineteen people). It is not used before uncountable nouns like water or time as an amount (use nineteen units of water instead).