seventy-five

American  

[sev-uhn-tee-fahyv] / ˈsɛv ən tiˈfaɪv /

noun

1. a cardinal number, 70 plus 5.

2. a symbol for this number, as 75 or LXXV.

3. a set of this many persons or things.

4. 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.

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adjective

1. amounting to 75 in number.

Example Sentences

I can get only about seventy-five percent of my hair into an elastic at any given time, and messing around with bobby pins is increasing the frizz.

From Literature

Ninety percent of their problem would be over … maybe seventy-five percent.

From Literature

When he lifted the lid, he expected to find a half-decent, unpopular design that had been marked seventy-five percent off.

From Literature

The men say that if Commander Gorringe successfully brings the obelisk to New York & stands it up there, he will be paid seventy-five thousand dollars!

From Literature

A trade magazine published the top seventy-five hedge funds of 2007, and Scion was nowhere on it—even though its returns put it at or near the very top.

From Literature