seventieth
Americanadjective
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next after the sixty-ninth; being the ordinal number for 70.
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being one of 70 equal parts.
noun
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seventieths
plural
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a seventieth part, especially of one (1/70).
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the seventieth member of a series.
adjective
noun
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one of 70 approximately equal parts of something
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( as modifier )
a seventieth part
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the fraction equal to one divided by 70 ( 1/ 70 )
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Etymology
Origin of seventieth
First recorded in 1250–1300, seventieth is from the Middle English word seventithe. See seventy, -eth 2
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Because, as chance would have it, my mother-in-law requested a cruise through Alaska for her seventieth birthday this summer.
From Salon ● Jul. 4, 2025
The letter expresses the Queen Elizabeth II's "grateful thanks" for Charlie's "kind message on the occasion of the seventieth anniversary of my accession to the throne".
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2022
On Wednesday, he returned from a summit in London to mark the seventieth anniversary of NATO, where a hot mike captured some of his fellow world leaders mocking him.
From The New Yorker ● Dec. 7, 2019
On 26 August 2016, the club made an announcement – “beautifully timed in our seventieth anniversary” – that the game was up for good.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 26, 2017
“Someone asked me an interesting question yesterday,” Morrie said now, looking over my shoulder at the wallhanging behind me, a quilt of hopeful messages that friends had stitched for him on his seventieth birthday.
From "Tuesdays with Morrie" by Mitch Albom
Then he read loudly:— “Ernesto Derossi, promoted, seventy seventieths, and the first prize.”
From Cuore (Heart) An Italian Schoolboy's Journal by Isabel Florence Hapgood
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