seventy-second

[ sev-uhn-tee-sek-uhnd ]

adjective

1. next after the seventy-first; being the ordinal number for 72.
2. being one of 72 equal parts.

noun

1. a seventy-second part, especially of one (1/72).
2. the seventy-second member of a series.

Example Sentences

They all hopped off at Broadway and Seventy-Second Street.

From Literature

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

From Literature

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

From Literature

I hop off at Seventy-Second Street and step out into a mess of people and taxis and strollers and noise.

From Literature

I whip around in a full one-eighty, already speed-walking back to the Seventy-Second Street station.

From Literature