seventy-seventh

American  

[sev-uhn-tee-sev-uhnth] / ˈsɛv ən tiˈsɛv ənθ /

adjective

1. next after the seventy-sixth; being the ordinal number for 77.

2. being one of 77 equal parts.

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noun

1. a seventy-seventh part, especially of one (1/77).

2. the seventy-seventh member of a series.

Example Sentences

There is only one preparation necessary for a “debate” with Donald Trump: provision of the vocal cords with enough throat spray to prevent going hoarse as you utter the phrase “that’s a lie” for the seventy-seventh time.

From Salon

The U.N. credentials committee met on Dec. 12 and agreed, without a vote, to "postpone its consideration of the credentials" for Myanmar, Afghanistan and Libya "and to revert to consideration of these credentials at a future time in the seventy-seventh session," which ends mid-September next year.

From Reuters

One day, she went into a button shop at 236 East Seventy-seventh Street, heard that the owner had died, and bought the inventory, in the spirit of seizing a trove of found objects.

From The New Yorker

One night, Davis summoned Nisenson to his home, on West Seventy-seventh Street, and told him that he had broken Daisy’s jaw, leaving her hospitalized.

From The New Yorker

Shortly before four o’clock on Wednesday afternoon, Boris Johnson gave his first address as Britain’s seventy-seventh Prime Minister.

From The New Yorker