seventy-ninth

[ sev-uhn-tee-nahynth ]

/ ˈsɛv ən tiˈnaɪnθ /

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adjective

next after the seventy-eighth; being the ordinal number for 79.

being one of 79 equal parts.

noun

a seventy-ninth part, especially of one (1/79).

the seventy-ninth member of a series.

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How to use seventy-ninth in a sentence

His death took place on the evening of the 8th of June, in the seventy-ninth year of his age.
Great Events in the History of North and South America|Charles A. Goodrich
He died in his seventy-ninth year, and Racine pronounced a high eulogy upon him, before the academy.
Paris: With Pen and Pencil|David W. Bartlett
The Seventy-ninth, headed by its Colonel (Cameron), charged across the hill, and for a short time the contest was severe.
Life of Wm. Tecumseh Sherman.|W. Fletcher Johnson
And surely the Seventy-ninth were not sorry to leave Gibraltar when their piper composed for them so glad a farewell.
Macleod of Dare|William Black

On the 26th of July, 1881, he was found dead in his home at Oulton, in his seventy-ninth year.
Old Familiar Faces|Theodore Watts-Dunton