seventy-five

[ sev-uhn-tee-fahyv ]

noun

1. a cardinal number, 70 plus 5.
2. a symbol for this number, as 75 or LXXV.
3. a set of this many persons or things.
4. Military.
   1. a gun with a 75-millimeter caliber.
   2. the field gun of that caliber used in the French and U.S. armies in World War I.

adjective

1. amounting to 75 in number.

Example Sentences

One hundred seventy-five cookie jars that belonged to Andy Warhol.

From New York Times

"As an older female, Shanidar Z would have been a repository of knowledge for her group, and here we are seventy-five thousand years later, learning from her still," Pomeroy said.

From Science Daily

“They weren’t worthless. The gray rug cost four hundred. The blue-and-white rug, four hundred. Her necklace was seventy-five. Her bracelet was two hundred. My cell phone was three hundred fifty.”

From Literature

The Federal Reserve delivered its third straight seventy-five basis point rate hike while Japan intervened to shore up the yen for the first time since 1998.

From Reuters

“So, every seventy-five years, he retraces the journey, hoping to reunite with her.”

From Literature