seventy

noun

sev·en·ty | \ ˈse-vən-tē

, ˈse-bᵊm-, -dē\

plural seventies

Definition of seventy

1 : a number equal to seven times 10 — see Table of Numbers

2 seventies plural : the numbers 70 to 79 specifically : the years 70 to 79 in a lifetime or century

3 capitalized : a Mormon elder ordained for missionary work under the apostles

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Other Words from seventy

seventieth \ ˈse-vən-tē-əth

, ˈse-bᵊm- , -dē- \ adjective or noun

seventy adjective

seventy pronoun, plural in construction

Examples of seventy in a Sentence

She is in her seventies.

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The interior's not bad either: compact and cool, with a restrained but eclectic décor that includes seventies-style leather armchairs, dark, textured, industrial-chic walls, and a luminous bar. — Maresa Manara, Condé Nast Traveler, "19 Best Spots for Aperitivo in Rome," 1 Mar. 2018 Wearing modern pieces steeped in seventies nostalgia, KiKi Layne and Stephan James—the young leads of Barry Jenkins’s If Beale Street Could Talk—find love in the cityscape of Harlem. — Tyler Mitchell, Vogue, "Love in Harlem," 11 Dec. 2018 Watching my mom apply fragrance in that very specific way women did in the seventies: behind her ears. — Lindsay Schallon, Glamour, "Charlize Theron on the Power of Being a Woman," 28 Nov. 2018 Buy It: Borg Lined Corduroy Jacket, $125, Topshop Topshop's borg jackets have a quintessential seventies feel and the matching pink shearling lining is a nice touch. — Tara Gonzalez, Glamour, "The Perfect Fall Jacket is $655—so I found 11 Under $150 Instead," 26 Oct. 2018 The aspirational afros rocked by sixties activist Angela Davis and seventies vocal powerhouse Chaka Khan were a robust study in curl power. — Calin Van Paris, Vogue, "The Best Curls of All Time, from Marilyn Monroe to Rihanna," 20 July 2018 But more impressive even than Lisa, was a couple in their mid-seventies. — Gigi Engle, Marie Claire, "I Went to a Romantic Nudist Couples Resort With My Sister," 6 Apr. 2018 In Europe during the seventies, there was no such thing as frozen food. — Longreads, "“We All Had the Same Acid Flashback at the Same Time”: The New American Cuisine," 29 Mar. 2018 Sarah Larson writes in the New Yorker: For pop-culture enthusiasts of the seventies and eighties, news of the death of Burt Reynolds, at age eighty-two, of a heart attack, in Jupiter, Florida, may have come as an unexpected shock. — James Freeman, WSJ, "Burt Reynolds and Washington’s ‘Senior’ Suspects," 7 Sep. 2018

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