seventieth

[ sev-uh n-tee-ith ]

/ ˈsɛv ən ti ɪθ /

adjective

next after the sixty-ninth; being the ordinal number for 70.

being one of 70 equal parts.

noun

a seventieth part, especially of one (1/70).

the seventieth member of a series.

Nearby words

Origin of seventieth

First recorded in 1250–1300, seventieth is from the Middle English word seventithe. See seventy, -eth²

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Examples from the Web for seventieth

It would seem, at best, an uneasy fit: Paul Newman and his seventieth birthday, this month.
The Stacks: The Eyes of Winter: Paul Newman at 70|Peter Richmond|October 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In August 1753 he took to his bed, and he died at Copenhagen on the 28th of January 1754, in the seventieth year of his age.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 5|Various
Mrs. Elizabeth Cady Stantons seventieth birthday was on Nov. 12 of this year.
Old Times in Dixie Land|Caroline E. Merrick
He was in his seventieth year, having been born in 1706, and twelve years Putnam's senior.
"Old Put" The Patriot|Frederick A. Ober

It was the 15th of August, the day on which Oakwood celebrated the one hundred and seventieth anniversary of its founding.
The Camp Fire Girls Do Their Bit|Hildegard G. Frey
Old guinea-pig Cornell, celebrating his seventieth birthday as the medical experimentation went on and on.
Highways in Hiding|George Oliver Smith

British Dictionary definitions for seventieth

seventieth

/ (ˈsɛvəntɪɪθ) /

adjective

(usually prenominal)

being the ordinal number of seventy in numbering or counting order, position, time, etc: often written 70th
(as noun)the seventieth in line

noun

one of 70 approximately equal parts of something
(as modifier)a seventieth part

the fraction equal to one divided by 70 (1/70)

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Word Origin and History for seventieth

seventieth

adj.

late 13c., from seventy + -th (1).