Definition of seventy-seven
(Entry 1 of 3)
: being one more than 76 in number
seventy-seven years
— see Table of Numbers
seventy-seven
pronoun, plural in construction
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Definition of seventy-seven (Entry 2 of 3)
: 77 countable persons or things not specified but under consideration and being enumerated
seventy-seven are here seventy-seven were found
seventy-seven
noun
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Definition of seventy-seven (Entry 3 of 3)
1
: seven and 70 : seven times 11
2a
: 77 units or objects
a total of seventy-seven
b
: a group or set of 77
3
: the numerable quantity symbolized by the arabic numerals 77
4
: the 77th in a set or series
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