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seventy

Pronunciation: /ˈsɛv(ə)nti/
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Definition of seventy

number (plural seventies)

  • the number equivalent to the product of seven and ten; ten less than eighty; 70:about seventy people attended seventy were arrested (Roman numeral: lxx or LXX)
  • (seventies) the numbers from seventy to seventy-nine, especially the years of a century or of a person’s life:Dad was now in his seventies
  • seventy years old:she was nearly seventy
  • seventy miles an hour:doing about seventy
  • a size of garment or other merchandise denoted by seventy.

Derivatives

seventieth

number

seventyfold

adjective & adverb

Origin:

Old English hundseofontig, from hund- (of uncertain origin) + seofon 'seven' + -tig (see -ty2)

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