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seventy

seventy

264 1.0
The number equal to seven times ten
  • numeral
  • /ˈsɛv.ən.ti/
translation icon : setenta
  • There were seventy participants in the race this year.
  • seventy percent
  • seventy years
  • seventy years old

Examples

  • His grandfather, Old Perrault, then seventy, was working full-time in Vancouver, Washington, building Liberty ships.

    Fiction book (1990)
  • The second annual National Freedom to Marry Day was celebrated in seventy cities across the nation.

    Academic text (1999)
  • Seventy percent of our residents have qualified for assistance... by spending their savings and their home equity.

  • Seventy-five percent of our kids end up back in jail.

  • The gringo took out his wallet again, now holding seventy dollars in his hand.

    Fiction book (1991)
  • But even as late as 1900, perhaps seventy-five thousand children spoke Irish at home.

    Academic text (1999)
  • My mind races to figure out how many miles the light has traveled during its seventy-eight-year journey.

    Academic text (2011)
  • The same tests were again administered seventy-three instructional days after the conclusion of the study.

    Academic text (1990)
  • Upon its opening in 1550, it was leased for four years at seventy-five pounds a year.

    Academic text (1990)
  • "You've just improved his chances of walking again by seventy percent," Dr. Bryner told Meredith.

    Fiction book (1991)

Synonyms

LXX
vsseventy
9.9

A Roman numeral for seventy

is the same number but written as a word rather than numerals

Compounds

A number equal to 100 plus 70

A number equal to 175

seventy-eight
  • Archaic
1 9.9

An old record for a record player that spins 78 times a minute

The position number 175 in a series

A person aged between 70 and 79

How Many

hundred
1.0
seventy
264 1.0
fifty
876 1.0
ten
311 1.0
one
1.0
zero
1.0

Surface Forms

seventy cardinal word
70 cardinal digit

Morphology

seventy = seven (transparent) = seven + ty

Formed regularly from the numeral 'seven' plus the productive suffix '-ty', meaning seven tens; easily deducible by learners.

Etymology

Seventy comes from old English parts seven and -ty, where -ty means 'times ten' or 'groups of ten'. So Seventy is 'seven times ten', which is why it equals 70.