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7️⃣ The number 78 💿 An old record
seventy-eight

seventy-eight

6 1.0
A number after seventy-seven and before seventy-nine
  • numeral
  • /ˌsɛvənˈtiˈeɪt/
translation icon : setenta y ocho
  • Seventy-eight percent of the respondents indicated they have a computer in their home.
  • seventy-eight percent
  • seventy-eight years old

Examples

  • I met my grandmother when she was seventy-eight years old.

  • Nitrogen comprises about seventy-eight percent of the atmosphere, but nitrogen gas must be "fixed" into a form usable by plants.

    Academic text (2000)

  • Maybe she'd find somebody for herself, even at the age of seventy-eight.

    Fiction book (1996)

  • At seventy-eight, waking up in the morning was a cause for celebration.

    Fiction book (1998)

  • I met Bob Boehmer when he was seventy-eight years old, and I was thirty-four.

    Academic text (2005)

  • Seventy-eight percent of students improved their FCAT reading scores by an average of 25 scale score points.

    Academic text (2006)

  • Seventy-eight percent of the students in this group, however, expressed that they liked the digitally handwritten feedback.

    Academic text (2006)

  • Seventy-eight percent of Catholics voted for Kennedy, whereas 63 percent of white Protestants voted for Nixon.

    Academic text (1992)

  • The team finished in seventy-eight positions in the tournament.

  • On his birthday, he turned seventy-eight and celebrated with his family.

Synonyms

78
vsseventy-eight
159 1.0

A number that comes after seventy-seven and before seventy-nine

is given as a verbal description of the sum of seventy and eight
LXXVIII
vsseventy-eight
9.9

A Roman numeral for the number seventy-eight

is expressed in words describing the sum of seventy and eight

How Many

eighty
229 1.0
seventy-nine
6 1.0
seventy-eight
6 1.0
seventy-six
6 1.0

Surface Forms

seventy-eight cardinal word
78 cardinal digit
seventy eight cardinal word

Morphology

seventy-eight = seventy + eight (transparent) = seventy + eight

Numeric composition 'seventy' + 'eight' directly yields the number 78, which is obvious to learners who know cardinal numbers.

Etymology

Seventy-eight is just the numbers seventy and eight joined together, literally 'seventy plus eight', so it means the number 78.