seventy

[ sev-uhn-tee ]

noun

, plural sev·en·ties.

1. a cardinal number, 10 times 7.
2. a symbol for this number, as 70 or LXX.
3. a set of this many persons or things.
4. seventies, the numbers, years, degrees, or the like from 70 through 79, as in referring to numbered streets, indicating the years of a lifetime or of a century, or referring to degrees of temperature:

   They live in the Seventies. His uncle is in his early seventies. It was in the seventies yesterday.

5. the Seventy, the body of scholars who produced the Septuagint.

adjective

1. amounting to 70 in number.

seventy

/ ˈsɛvəntɪ /

noun

1. the cardinal number that is the product of ten and seven See also number
2. a numeral, 70, LXX, etc, representing this number
3. plural the numbers 70–79, esp the 70th to the 79th year of a person's life or of a particular century
4. the amount or quantity that is seven times as big as ten
5. something represented by, representing, or consisting of 70 units

determiner

1. 1. amounting to seventy

      the seventy varieties of fabric

   2. ( as pronoun )

      to invite seventy to the wedding

Word History and Origins

Origin of seventy¹

1150–1200; Middle English; Old English seofontig. See seven, -ty ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of seventy¹

Old English seofentig

Example Sentences

Two hundred and seventy faith schools are asking for a VAT exemption for those which charge less than the government pays for a child to be educated at a state school.

From BBC

I first learned about it with the National Weather Service in the seventies.

From Salon

They threatened the tax-exempt status of the university for failing to integrate racially in the seventies.

From Salon

She met Fayed - who was in his late seventies at the time - at work meetings on two occasions, before being summoned to his apartment on London's Park Lane in late 2007.

From BBC

The next seventy or so days until Election Day will feel both slow and very fast.

From Salon