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

Though Canada and Mexico are co-hosting, seventy-eight of a hundred and four matches take place on American soil. — Albert Samaha, New Yorker, 6 July 2026

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

Chibuike was never with her at all, but that didn’t stop him from extracting about seventy-eight thousand euros from her over four years. — Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 26 May 2026

Deposit-rate ceilings were dismantled through the 1980s; the demand-deposit interest ban finally disappeared in 2011, seventy-eight years after the original prohibition. — Christian Catalini, Forbes.com, 20 Apr. 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