seventy
a cardinal number, 10 times 7.
a symbol for this number, as 70 or LXX.
a set of this many persons or things.
seventies, the numbers, years, degrees, or the like from 70 through 79, as in referring to numbered streets, indicating the years of a lifetime or of a century, or referring to degrees of temperature: They live in the Seventies. His uncle is in his early seventies. It was in the seventies yesterday.
the Seventy, the body of scholars who produced the Septuagint.
amounting to 70 in number.
Origin of seventy
1Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2024
How to use seventy in a sentence
Francis is well into his seventies, looks it, has a mild demeanor and soft speaking style; but his rhetoric is electrifying.
The Rizzoli in New York City was no ordinary bookstore in its seventies heyday.
The Bookstore That Bewitched Mick Jagger, John Lennon, and Greta Garbo | Felice Picano | December 16, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTUntil the seventies, women here were free to wear almost whatever they wanted.
Saudi Activist Manal Al-Sharif on Why She Removed the Veil | Manal Al Sharif, Advancing Human Rights | October 30, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTEven at its bushiest, in the Oscar-winning seventies-set Argo, the Affleck beard remained hot and dignified.
Leo, the Beard Has to Go: When a Man’s Facial Hair Reaches Crisis Point | Tim Teeman | September 22, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThat generation was killed by the dictatorship here in the seventies.
About the close of the seventies Tchaikovsky started a new diary, which he kept for about ten years.
The Life & Letters of Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky | Modeste TchaikovskyIt was one of those white stone places up in the east seventies.
He was able to invade the latter country in force, and to besiege the city of Urmi for some weeks in the early seventies.
The Cradle of Mankind | W.A. WigramA novel of the army on the frontier during the time of the Indian outbreaks under Geronimo and others in the late seventies.
Robert Annys: Poor Priest | Annie Nathan MeyerFor a week the pup had a miserable time in winds ranging mostly about the seventies, with the temperature below zero Fahrenheit.
The Home of the Blizzard | Douglas Mawson
British Dictionary definitions for seventy
/ (ˈsɛvəntɪ) /
the cardinal number that is the product of ten and seven: See also number (def. 1)
a numeral, 70, LXX, etc, representing this number
(plural) the numbers 70–79, esp the 70th to the 79th year of a person's life or of a particular century
the amount or quantity that is seven times as big as ten
something represented by, representing, or consisting of 70 units
amounting to seventy: the seventy varieties of fabric
(as pronoun): to invite seventy to the wedding
Origin of seventy
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Browse