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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024sev•en•ty /ˈsɛvənti/USA pronunciation n., pl. -ties, adj. n. [countable] - a cardinal number, 10 times 7.
- a symbol for this number, as 70 or LXX.
- a set of this many persons or things.
- seventies, [plural* usually: the + ~] 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. [before a noun] - amounting to 70 in number.
sev•en•ti•eth, adj., n. [countable] WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024sev•en•ty (sev′ən tē),USA pronunciation n., pl. -ties, adj. n. - a cardinal number, 10 times 7.
- a symbol for this number, as 70 or LXX.
- a set of this many persons or things.
- seventies, the numbers, years, degrees, or the like from 70 through 79, as in referring to numbered streets, indicating the years of a lifetime or of a century, or referring to degrees of temperature:They live in the Seventies. His uncle is in his early seventies. It was in the seventies yesterday.
- Religion the Seventy, the body of scholars who produced the Septuagint.
adj. - amounting to 70 in number.
- 1150–1200; Middle English; Old English seofontig. See seven, -ty1
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: seventy /ˈsɛvəntɪ/ n ( pl -ties)- the cardinal number that is the product of ten and seven
- a numeral, 70, LXX, etc, representing this number
- (plural) the numbers 70–79, esp the 70th to the 79th year of a person's life or of a particular century
- the amount or quantity that is seven times as big as ten
- something represented by, representing, or consisting of 70 units
determiner - amounting to seventy: the seventy varieties of fabric
- (as pronoun): to invite seventy to the wedding
Etymology: Old English seofentig |