Definition of Seventy

1. Adjective. Being ten more than sixty.

Exact synonyms: 70, Lxx
Similar to: Cardinal

2. Noun. The cardinal number that is the product of ten and seven.
Exact synonyms: 70, Lxx
Generic synonyms: Large Integer

Definition of Seventy

1. a. Seven times ten; one more than sixty-nine.

2. n. The sum of seven times ten; seventy units or objects.

Definition of Seventy

1. Number. The cardinal number occurring after sixty-nine and before seventy-one, represented in Roman numerals as LXX and in Arabic numerals as 70. ¹

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Definition of Seventy

1. a number [n -TIES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Seventy

seventh
seventh art
seventh chord
seventh chords
seventh cranial nerve
seventh grade
seventh grades
seventh heaven
seventh inning stretch
seventh sense
seventhly
sevenths
seventies
seventieth
seventieths
seventy (current term)
seventy-eight
seventy-eighth
seventy-fifth
seventy-first
seventy-firsts
seventy-five
seventy-four
seventy-fours
seventy-fourth
seventy-nine
seventy-ninth
seventy-one
seventy-oneth
seventy-second

Literary usage of Seventy

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Ivanhoe by Walter Scott (1908)
"If you will not take seventy, I will carry this bag" (and he shook it ... The Jew's hand trembled for joy as he wrapped up the first seventy pieces of gold. ..."

2. Laws of the United States of a Local Or Temporary Character: And Exhibiting by United States (1880)
"Number three thousand six hundred and eighteen, Nathan Miller, June twenty-third, eighteen hundred and seventy, northwest quarter of section four, ..."

3. Journal by New York (State). Legislature. Senate (1915)
"... seventy, seventy-one and seventy-two of the Harge canal," was read the third time. The President put the question whether the Senate would agree to the ..."

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