Definition of seventy
seventies
1 : a number equal to seven times 10 — see number table
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
seventy
adjectiveseventy
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Examples of seventy in a Sentence
She is in her seventies.
Recent Examples of seventy from the Web
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Separately, tens of millions of dollars passed through offshore companies registered to Sergey Roldugin, a cellist who befriended Putin in the seventies and who is the godfather of Putin’s eldest daughter, Maria.
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The numbers for Xers and Boomers are in the low seventies for ride-sharing versus taxis, and 60 (Xers) and 54 percent (Boomers) for ride-sharing over rental cars.
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This is hardly surprising, when about seventy per cent of tech employees in the real Silicon Valley are men.
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For most Americans, the calculation results in fairly good health, with a lifespan stretching into the seventies.
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This joint security station, JSS Thrasher, one of seventy that sprang up around Baghdad with the start of the surge, feels more like a fraternity house than a military outpost.
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Origin and Etymology of seventy
seventy, adjective, from Middle English, from Old English seofontig, short for hundseofontig, from hundseofontig, noun, group of seventy, from hund hundred + seofon seven + -tig group of ten; akin to Old English tīen ten
SEVENTY Defined for English Language Learners
seventy
playDefinition of seventy for English Language Learners
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: the number 70
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seventies : the numbers ranging from 70 to 79
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: a set of years ending in digits ranging from 70 to 79
SEVENTY Defined for Kids
Definition of seventy for Students
: being seven times ten
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