seventy-one

[ sev-uhn-tee-wuhn ]

/ ˈsɛv ən tiˈwʌn /

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noun

a cardinal number, 70 plus 1.

a symbol for this number, as 71 or LXXI.

a set of this many persons or things.

adjective

amounting to 71 in number.

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Words nearby seventy-one

Seventy-one percent of voters in Louisiana say they support background checks.
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Seventy-one percent agreed with the statement “I wanted to solve the problem on my own.”
The Taboo of Mental Illness|Justin Green|December 17, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Seventy-one percent of blind people like myself are not working right now.
Paterson's Got a Bone to Pick|Lloyd Grove|August 28, 2009|DAILY BEAST
The Rev. Alonzo Barnard, seventy-one years of age, accompanied by his daughter, was present.
Among the Sioux|R. J. Creswell

The motion was negatived by a majority of two hundred and twenty-nine against seventy-one.
The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III.|E. Farr and E. H. Nolan
On a division the motion was negatived by a majority of two hundred and seventy-one against two hundred and sixty-two.
The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III.|E. Farr and E. H. Nolan
The census taken in 1855 declared the population of the island to be seventy-one thousand.
History of Prince Edward Island|Duncan Campbell
He found Osceola and Chief Alligator with seventy-one picked warriors assembled under the white flag for council.
Four American Indians|Edson L. Whitney