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seventy
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seventy
(noun)
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seventy
/
ˈ
sɛvənti/
noun
plural
seventies
seventy
/
ˈ
sɛvənti/
noun
plural
seventies
Learner's definition of SEVENTY
1
[
count
]
:
the number 70
2
seventies
[
plural
]
a
:
the numbers ranging from 70 to 79
a salary in the low
seventies
[=between $70,000 and $74,000]
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b
:
a set of years ending in digits ranging from 70 to 79
She grew up in the
seventies
. [=1970–1979]
She is in her
seventies
.
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— seventieth
/
ˈ
sɛvəntijəθ/
noun
,
plural
seventieths
[
count
]
one
seventieth
of the total
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— seventieth
adjective
his
seventieth
birthday
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— seventy
adjective
seventy
books
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— seventy
pronoun
Seventy
(of them) came to the performance.
seventy
of her classmates
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