seventy

noun

sev·​en·​ty ˈse-vən-tē 

ˈse-bᵊm-,

-dē

plural seventies

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

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.

Recent Examples on the Web

What started the Bronx’s fires in the nineteen-sixties and seventies? —Ian Frazier, The New Yorker, 15 July 2024

Part of this film was really to show that during that incredible time in the seventies when the best filmmakers were coming into cinema, and the best movies were being made there was Faye alongside all of them making those films reach a level that without her, would have never been that high. —Addie Morfoot, Variety, 13 July 2024

Of course the seventies is a big inspiration, too: Stylistics, The Dramatics, the OJs. —Akili King, Essence, 2 July 2024

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Word History

Etymology

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

First Known Use

12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Phrases Containing seventy

• seventy-eight

Kids Definition

seventy

noun

sev·​en·​ty ˈsev-ən-tē 

plural seventies

: a number equal to seven times 10 see number

seventieth

-tē-əth 

adjective or noun

seventy adjective or pronoun