seventy-eight

noun

sev·​en·​ty-eight ˌse-vən-tē-ˈāt 

ˌse-bᵊm-, 

-dē-ˈāt

1

: a number that is one more than 77 see Table of Numbers

2

: a phonograph record designed to be played at 78 revolutions per minute

—usually written 78

seventy-eight adjective

seventy-eight pronoun, plural in construction

Examples of seventy-eight in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Eight hundred-seventy-eight died between 2016 and 2021, the highest donation period, and 235 donated their brains, the researchers said. — Brian Dakss, CBS News, 25 Aug. 2026

The government had checked a hundred and fifty thousand names against its files, actively monitoring immigrants and citizens alike, and deported at least seventy-eight people. — Rozina Ali, New Yorker, 21 Aug. 2026

The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts today named the seventy-eight recipients of its spring 2026 grants. — News Desk, Artforum, 8 July 2026

Up until then, there had been only seventy-eight astronauts who had gone to space. — Literary Hub, 16 June 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1659, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for seventy-eight

• abbreviate
• accelerate
• accommodate
• accumulate
• acuminate
• adjudicate
• adulterate
• affiliate
• agglomerate
• agglutinate
• alleviate
• amalgamate