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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.
  1. a gun with a 75-millimeter caliber.
  2. 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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