seventy-ninth

[ sev-uhn-tee-nahynth ]

adjective

1. next after the seventy-eighth; being the ordinal number for 79.
2. being one of 79 equal parts.

noun

1. a seventy-ninth part, especially of one (1/79).
2. the seventy-ninth member of a series.

Example Sentences

I spoke with Sanders earlier this fall, in Los Angeles, where he had just celebrated his seventy-ninth birthday by playing two shows in the area.

From The New Yorker

You just had your seventy-ninth birthday—happy birthday!

From The New Yorker

I’d catch a city bus to go to late-afternoon dance classes at Mayfair Academy on Seventy-Ninth Street, where I was taking jazz and acrobatics.

From Literature

In the seventy-ninth minute of the match, outside the box, Marta received the ball with her back to the defender, Tina Ellertson.

From The New Yorker

In the seventy-ninth minute, Liverpool was awarded a corner kick.

From The New Yorker