seventy-five

[ sev-uhn-tee-fahyv ]

/ ˈsɛv ən tiˈfaɪv /

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noun

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-millimeter caliber.
the field gun of that caliber used in the French and U.S. armies in World War I.

adjective

amounting to 75 in number.

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