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seventy-two

seventy-two

14 1.0
A number that comes after seventy-one and before seventy-three
  • numeral
translation icon : setenta y dos
  • Experience has shown that individual performance tails off considerably after the first seventy-two hours in the desert environment.
  • seventy-two percent
  • seventy-two hours
  • seventy-two years

Examples

  • The investigators found thirteen infractions of the regulations applying to the required seventy-two-hour waiting period.

    Academic text (2000)
  • All the units were designed to be self-sustaining for seventy-two hours in case of a major breach or other problems.

    Fiction book (1999)
  • I figure we have seventy-two hours to find the dope and keep our jobs.

    Fiction book (1995)
  • Seventy-two hours later, he was on the most terrifying mission of his life.

  • At the age of seventy-two, Bompie decided to go home.

    Fiction book (2000)
  • Seventy-two percent of the people who eat at McDonald's are heavy users.

  • By 1993, we were already spending about seventy to seventy-two billion dollars on research and development.

    Academic text (1995)
  • In a students' telephone survey, seventy-two Macau residents were asked about their views toward the Legislative Assembly.

    Academic text (1990)
  • The federation and seventy-two supporting National Diet members created the Policy Forum of the JFSWU in December 1996.

    Academic text (2003)
  • The event will start at five o'clock and end in seventy-two minutes.

How Many

eighty
229 1.0
seventy-five
47 1.0
seventy-two
14 1.0
seventy-one
8 1.0
seventy
264 1.0

Surface Forms

seventy-two cardinal word
72 cardinal digit
72nd ordinal digit
seventy second ordinal word

Morphology

seventy-two = seventy + two (transparent) = seventy + two

A clear numeric compound: 'seventy' + 'two' = 70 + 2, directly conveying the value 72.

Etymology

The word seventy-two comes from seven + the ending -ty + two. The -ty part means 'times ten', like in thirty or eighty, so seventy-two is 'seven tens plus two'.