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seventy
[ sev-uhn-tee ]
noun
- a cardinal number, 10 times 7.
- a symbol for this number, as 70 or LXX.
- a set of this many persons or things.
- seventies, the numbers, years, degrees, or the like from 70 through 79, as in referring to numbered streets, indicating the years of a lifetime or of a century, or referring to degrees of temperature:
They live in the Seventies. His uncle is in his early seventies. It was in the seventies yesterday.
- the Seventy, the body of scholars who produced the Septuagint.
adjective
- amounting to 70 in number.
seventy
/ 藞蝉蓻惫蓹苍迟瑟 /
noun
- the cardinal number that is the product of ten and seven See also number
- a numeral, 70, LXX, etc, representing this number
- plural the numbers 70鈥79, esp the 70th to the 79th year of a person's life or of a particular century
- the amount or quantity that is seven times as big as ten
- something represented by, representing, or consisting of 70 units
determiner
- amounting to seventy
the seventy varieties of fabric
- ( as pronoun )
to invite seventy to the wedding
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of seventy1
Example Sentences
Many Catholics had assumed the new pontiff would be a younger man - but Cardinal Bergoglio of Argentina was already in his seventies when he became Pope in 2013.
Hudd was well known for his numerous appearances on radio, stage and screen, which in his sixties and seventies included appearances on Holby City, Coronation Street and Call the Midwife.
The family of a British couple in their seventies who have been detained in Afghanistan have expressed fears for their health after a court appearance was delayed.
Excitement, nerves, pride鈥 this must have been what it was like in the seventies, except we had never expected this.
A British couple in their seventies have been arrested by the Taliban in Afghanistan.
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