seventiesnoun [ plural ]
uk/ˈsev.ən.tiz/us/ˈsev.ən.t̬iz/A person's seventies are the period in which they are aged between 70 and 79:
He's very active considering he's in his seventies.
the seventies
the range of temperature between 70° and 79°:
The temperature is expected to reach the seventies tomorrow.
B2 the decade (= period of ten years) between 70 and 79 in any century, usually 1970–1979:
Flared trousers and platform shoes were fashionable in the seventies.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
The elderly
- a ripe old age idiom
- aged
- ageism
- agism
- centenarian
- crock
- geriatric
- geriatrics
- gerontology
- octogenarian
- old
- old age
- old age pensioner
- old boy
- sb's declining years idiom
- senile
- senior citizen
- septuagenarian
- sexagenarian
- the gray dollar
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