seventy-five

[ sev-uh n-tee-fahyv ]

/ ˈsɛv ən tiˈfaɪv /

a cardinal number, 70 plus 5.

a symbol for this number, as 75 or LXXV.

a set of this many persons or things.

Military.

a gun with a 75-mm caliber.
the field gun of that caliber used in the French and U.S. armies in World War I.

amounting to 75 in number.

QUIZZES

Test your memory on these verbal firecrackers from the week of June 29 to July 5!

Question 1 of 7

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Seventy-five percent of the collection was done by the time he got there.
Fashion Designer Oscar de la Renta, American Great, Dead at 82|Tim Teeman|October 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Seventy-five years ago, ‘War of the Worlds’ hit the airwaves, setting off a national panic.
When Mars Attacked 75 Years Ago—And Everyone Believed It|Marc Wortman|October 29, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Seventy-five percent of small businesses now say they are going to be forced to either fire workers or cut their hours.
Obamacare Fear-Mongering Hall of Fame: Death Panels and More|Jamelle Bouie|September 30, 2013|DAILY BEAST
In late April, a tornado struck near Donovan, killing seventy-five people.
Babe Ruth’s Summer of Records|Bill Bryson|September 29, 2013|DAILY BEAST

Seventy-five percent of borrowers use their Lending Club financing for debt consolidation or credit-card debt.
Why Is Larry Summers Signing Up With Lending Club?|Matthew Zeitlin|December 14, 2012|DAILY BEAST
But in the end Piedmont paid Austria an indemnity of seventy-five million francs.
The Patriot|Antonio Fogazzaro
He takes the additional work at seventy-five pounds a year extra.
The Catholic World. Volume III; Numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6.|E. Rameur
Seventy or seventy-five thousand dollars, besides your house and barn money, shall be my limit.
The Fat of the Land|John Williams Streeter
You had better hustle round and pony up that seventy-five dollars you are owing him.
A California Girl|Edward Eldridge
This would make Apollonius seventy-two to seventy-five when he succeeded Eratosthenes.
The Argonautica|Apollonius Rhodius