seventies

sev·en·ty

S0295700 (sĕv′ən-tē)n.1. The cardinal number equal to 7 × 10.2. seventiesa. A decade or the numbers from 70 to 79: They became grandparents in their seventies. The temperature hovered in the seventies.b. often Seventies The decade from 70 to 79 in a century.

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[Middle English, from Old English -seofontig (in hundseofontig, the decade seventy, seventy); see septm̥ in Indo-European roots.]

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sev′en·ty adj. & pron.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	seventies - the decade from 1970 to 1979 1970sdecade, decennary, decennium - a period of 10 years
	2.	seventies - the time of life between 70 and 80 mid-seventiestime of life - a period of time during which a person is normally in a particular life stateeld, geezerhood, old age, years, age - a late time of life; "old age is not for sissies"; "he's showing his years"; "age hasn't slowed him down at all"; "a beard white with eld"; "on the brink of geezerhood"

Translations

七八十度七十岁至七十九岁七十年代

seventy

(ˈsevnti) noun1. the number or figure 70. 七十 七十2. the age of 70. 七十歲 七十岁 adjective1. 70 in number. 七十個(人或物) 七十个（人或物） 2. aged 70. 七十歲的 七十岁的seventy- having seventy. a seventy-year lease. 七十... 七十...ˈseventies noun plural1. the period of time between a person's seventieth and eightieth birthdays. 七十到七十九歲 七十岁至七十九岁2. the range of temperatures between seventy and eighty degrees. (溫度)七十到八十度 七八十度（温度） 3. the period of time between the seventieth and eightieth years of a century. 七十年代 七十年代ˈseventieth noun1. one of seventy equal parts. 七十分之一 七十分之一2. (also adjective) (the) last of seventy (people, things etc); (the) next after the sixty-ninth. 第七十(的) 第七十的ˈseventy-year-old noun a person or animal that is seventy years old. 七十歲 七十岁 adjective (of a person, animal or thing) that is seventy years old. 七十歲(年)的 七十岁（年）的