one hundred seventy
2
1.0
- numeral
- US
:
ciento setenta
- The report revealed that one hundred seventy trees were cut down during the construction of the new highway.
- one hundred seventy-five
Examples
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One hundred seventy dogs—one hundred seventy-one if you counted Michael.
Fiction book (1999) -
Figured out a million and one hundred seventy-five thousand people who have asked for the law.
Academic text (2009) -
One hundred seventy-five mothers agreed to participate in the study.
Academic text (2008) -
One hundred seventy participants completed all the questionnaires.
Academic text (2008) -
One hundred seventy dogs—one hundred seventy-one if you counted Michael.
Fiction book (1999) -
Then, one hundred seventy of them were shipped further west to the proximity of Hamburg, near Augusta, on the Carolina side of the river, and were likely distributed to customers in that area.
Academic text (2009) -
One hundred seventy-five high school athletes were administered Harter's (1988) Self-Perception Profile for Adolescents.
Academic text (2003) -
The marathon was incredibly competitive, with over one hundred seventy runners participating this year.
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In the classroom, the teacher explained that there are one hundred seventy days left until the summer break.
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning '170' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'one' + 'hundred' + 'seventy' following standard numeric composition (100 + 70). This arithmetic, compositional pattern is regular in English (and similar in many languages), so a B1 learner who knows the constituent numerals will understand the MWE.
Etymology
One hundred seventy is made from one hundred plus seventy, so picture a pile of 100 apples and then 70 more added to it. That's why it means '170'.