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

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

The Earl himself soon followed them to the grave, a month short of his seventy-seventh birthday.

From Literature

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

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

The contract was the seventy-seventh published by Football Leaks.

From The New Yorker