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seventy-seven

seventy-seven

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Having a total of seventy plus seven things
  • adjective
  • /ˈsɛvənˌtiˈsɛvən/
translation icon : setenta y siete
  • Seventy-seven couples completed the entire study protocol and were reimbursed for their participation.
  • seventy-seven years
  • seventy-seven percent

Examples

  • Hewlett Packard gets seventy-seven percent of its revenue from products that are less than two years old.

    Academic text (1999)
  • Seventy-seven participants were randomly assigned to one of two physical activity log interventions, and 59 participants served as a control group.

    Academic text (2008)
  • His name was Templeton Moore, seventy-seven years old and not feeling too good about it.

    Fiction book (1993)
  • Meanwhile, surface temperatures in the Arctic Ocean during the summer were the highest in seventy-seven years of record-keeping.

    Academic text (2008)
  • Seventy-seven members of Parliament demanded the Intelligence Ministry investigate the former president for his comments.

    Academic text (2008)
  • Seventy-seven participants were randomized to one of two programs, and 59 participants served as a control group.

    Academic text (2008)
  • According to a recent analysis by the Congressional Research Service, reported in the March/April issue of Mother Jones, seventy-seven cents of every energy research dollar from 1973 to 1997 went to nuclear and fossil fuels; just fourteen cents went to alternative energy.

    Academic text (2000)
  • The report concluded that the use of lead-based paint was pervasive, that three-quarters of the seventy-seven million private homes built before 1980 contain lead-based paint, and of those homes, families with children under seven occupy about ten million of them.

    Academic text (1992)
  • In Mermentau Cove, located in the southwest corner of Acadia Parish, only seventy-seven (23 percent) of 337 Cajuns reported English proficiency.

    Academic text (2000)
  • The charity event attracted seventy-seven guests, all eager to support the cause.

Synonyms

LXXVII
vsseventy-seven
9.4

The Roman numeral for seventy-seven

is the numeric quantity itself rather than its written numeral form

How Many

seventy-nine
6 1.0
seventy-seven
1 1.0
seventy-five
47 1.0

Surface Forms

seventy-seven positive

Morphology

seventy-seven = seventy + seven (transparent) = seventy + seven

A straightforward hyphenated compound of two cardinal numbers; the numeric composition is obvious to learners.

Etymology

The word seventy-seven is made of seventy and seven, meaning 'seven groups of ten plus seven'. Think of seven tens, 70, and seven more, so it describes something that is seventy-seven in number.