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BNC: 2261 COCA: 7889

seventy

1 ENTRIES FOUND:
seventy /ˈsɛvənti/ noun
plural seventies
seventy
/ˈsɛvənti/
noun
plural seventies
Learner's definition of SEVENTY
[count] : the number 70(数字)七十
seventies [plural]
: the numbers ranging from 70 to 79七十几
: a set of years ending in digits ranging from 70 to 79七十年代;七十多岁

— seventieth

/ˈsɛvəntijəθ/ noun, plural seventieths [count]

— seventieth

adjective

— seventy

adjective

— seventy

pronoun
BNC: 2261 COCA: 7889

seventy

noun

sev·​en·​ty ˈse-vən-tē How to pronounce seventy (audio)
ˈse-bᵊm-,
-dē
plural seventies
1
: a number equal to seven times 10 see Table of Numbers
2
seventies plural : the numbers 70 to 79
specifically : the years 70 to 79 in a lifetime or century
3
capitalized : a Mormon elder ordained for missionary work under the apostles
seventieth
ˈse-vən-tē-əth How to pronounce seventy (audio)
ˈse-bᵊm-
-dē-
adjective or noun
seventy adjective
seventy pronoun, plural in construction

Example Sentences

She is in her seventies.
Recent Examples on the Web Gradually, the group began to take stylistic digressions, with the same sort of imaginative confidence that David Byrne and the Talking Heads had in the late seventies. Carrie Battan, The New Yorker, 25 May 2020 At 47, Soro is the youngest major politician in a country dominated by men well into their seventies, and his social-media savvy — 963,000 followers on Twitter — and penchant for bling resonate with a new generation of voters. Anthony Halpin, Bloomberg.com, 29 Apr. 2020 Some of them were older than I, in their sixties and seventies. Geoffrey Owens, PEOPLE.com, 1 Apr. 2020 The decision to spend time in a remote location makes sense for the duke and duchess, who are both in their seventies and, as a result, at a . Amy Mackelden, Harper's BAZAAR, 22 Mar. 2020 Back in the sixties and seventies a boy could still run off to play alone during the idyllic era between rural-agrarian America, when kids worked the land, and today’s suburban-urban America, when kids embrace indoor entertainment. New York Times, 18 Feb. 2020 The seven people – four males and three females – were all family members in their thirties and seventies. The Enquirer, Cincinnati.com, 19 Mar. 2020 The other remarkable gift to my mid-seventies was winning the Grammy for album of the year with Daft Punk. Katherine Turman, Billboard, 31 Oct. 2019 The ages span from early twenties to mid-seventies, and the group turns out to be resoundingly Caucasian. Barrett Swanson, Harper's magazine, 28 Oct. 2019 See More

Word History

Etymology

seventy, adjective, from Middle English, from Old English seofontig, short for hundseofontig, from hundseofontig, noun, group of seventy, from hund hundred + seofon seven + -tig group of ten; akin to Old English tīen ten

First Known Use

12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of seventy was in the 12th century
BNC: 2261 COCA: 7889

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