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Seventy has 4 different meanings across 4 categories:

Noun · Adjective · Num · Proper Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

the cardinal number that is the product of ten and seven

"The teacher asked the students to count up to seventy, which is exactly ten times seven."

Adjective
1

being ten more than sixty

"The bus driver announced that there were seventy passengers on board, which is exactly ten more than the capacity of sixty."

Num
1

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

"The teacher collected exactly seventy dollars from each of the students to fund the class trip."

Proper Noun
1

The translators of the Septuagint

"The number seventy is traditionally associated with the legendary group of Hebrew scholars who translated the Old Testament into Greek, known as the Seventy."

See Also
septuagint seventyish sixty nine seventieth septuagenary seven seventyfold sixtysomething
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
large integer

Origin

The word "seventy" comes from Old English, originally formed by combining "seven" with the suffix "-ty." It shares a common ancestor in Proto-Germanic that means "seventy."

Rhyming Words
anty genty ranty cunty hunty santy tanty benty punty wanty tinty aunty jonty runty minty ginty linty ponty banty canty
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