seventy

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.

seventy

(ˈsɛvəntɪ) n, pl -ties1. (Mathematics) the cardinal number that is the product of ten and seven. See also number¹2. (Mathematics) a numeral, 70, LXX, etc, representing this number3. (Mathematics) (plural) the numbers 70–79, esp the 70th to the 79th year of a person's life or of a particular century: She continued to work into her seventies.; temperatures in the high seventies. 4. (Mathematics) the amount or quantity that is seven times as big as ten5. something represented by, representing, or consisting of 70 unitsdeterminera. amounting to seventy: the seventy varieties of fabric. b. (as pronoun): to invite seventy to the wedding. [Old English seofentig]

sev•en•ty

(ˈsɛv ən ti)

n., pl. -ties,
adj. n. 1. a cardinal number, 10 times 7. 2. a symbol for this number, as 70 or LXX. 3. a set of this many persons or things. 4. seventies, the numbers from 70 through 79, as in referring to the years of a lifetime or of a century or to degrees of temperature. adj. 5. amounting to 70 in number. [1150–1200; Middle English; Old English seofontig. See seven, -ty¹] sev′en•ti•eth, adj., n.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	seventy - the cardinal number that is the product of ten and seven70, LXXlarge integer - an integer equal to or greater than ten
Adj.	1.	seventy - being ten more than sixty 70, lxxcardinal - being or denoting a numerical quantity but not order; "cardinal numbers"

Translations

七十七十个的七十岁七十岁的

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

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