seventy-second

American  

[sev-uhn-tee-sek-uhnd] / ˈsɛv ən tiˈsɛk ənd /

adjective

1. next after the seventy-first; being the ordinal number for 72.

2. being one of 72 equal parts.

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noun

1. a seventy-second part, especially of one (1/72).

2. the seventy-second member of a series.

Example Sentences

Which of the following took place at the seventy-second annual Tony Awards?

From The New Yorker • Jun. 11, 2018

“We are so happy to be here hosting the seventy-second, and final, Golden Globe Awards,” Poehler said.

From The New Yorker • Jan. 12, 2015

Gossip, for example, represented one seventy-second of a proof.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

When the BFG had consumed his seventy-second fried egg, Mr Tibbs sidled up to the Queen.

From "The BFG" by Roald Dahl

And so he passed 'into the unseen' on the 7th January 1758, in the seventy-second year of his age.

From Allan Ramsay Famous Scots Series by Smeaton, William Henry Oliphant