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seventy
sev·en·ty [ sévvəntee ]


noun  (plural sev·en·ties)
Definition:
 
1. 70: the number 70
2. group of 70: a group of 70 objects or people


plural noun sev·en·ties 
Definition:
 
1. numbers 70 to 79: the numbers 70 to 79, particularly as a range of Fahrenheit temperatures
in the low seventies
2. years from 70 to 79: the years from 70 to 79 in a century
3. period from age 70 to 79: the period of somebody's life from the age of 70 to 79
[ Old English hundseofontig< hund (origin ?) + seofon "seven" + -tig "ten"]

sev·en·ty adjective, pron
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