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seventy

[ sev-uhn-tee ]

noun

plural seventies.
  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

/ ˈɛəԳɪ /

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
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

determiner

    1. amounting to seventy

      the seventy varieties of fabric

    2. ( as pronoun )

      to invite seventy to the wedding

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of seventy1

1150–1200; Middle English; Old English seofontig. See seven, -ty 1
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of seventy1

Old English seofentig
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The family of a British couple in their seventies who have been detained in Afghanistan have expressed fears for their health after a court appearance was delayed.

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Excitement, nerves, pride… this must have been what it was like in the seventies, except we had never expected this.

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A British couple in their seventies have been arrested by the Taliban in Afghanistan.

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But training can vary and includes practice with auditory discrimination too, such as how to distinguish separate sounds in words like seventy and seventeen, and free and three.

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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.

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