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seventies

seventies is the plural of seventy.

Noun

seventies pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) The decade of the 1870s, 1970s, etc.
    • I'm so bored of this decade, the seventies can't come soon enough.
    • Our readers — and contributors — are apt to elect a good deal according to years. The seventies and eighties, we may suppose, are concerned for the large educational and cultural interests of their Alma Mater; the nineties are deep in the practical and business activities; the noughties are not...1914, Amherst College, Amherst Graduates' Quarterly, volume 4, page 6
  2. (plural, plural-only) The decade of one's life from age 70 through age 79.
    • My grandma met her third wife when they were both in their seventies.
  3. (plural, plural-only, rates) The range between 70 and 79.
    • You don't need your parka today, it's in the seventies.

Meaning of seventy

Numeral

seventy

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

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Adjective

seventies (not comparable)

  1. From or evoking the 71st through 80th years of a century (chiefly the 1970s).
    • I know the theme of the school dance is "The 1970s" but is covering the walls, floor, and ceiling with tie-dye too seventies?
    • Among rock critics and journalists, there is an overwhelming bias to view the late sixties in a positive light and seventies music as an unfortunate decline into commercialism at the expense of musical authenticity.2011, John Covach, “The Hippie Aesthetic: Cultural Positioning and Musical Ambition in Early Progressive Rock”, in Mark Spicer, editor, Rock Music, Routledge, →DOI, →ISBN, page 65

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Forms of seventies

alternative form'seventies

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Questions about seventies

What does seventies mean?
Seventies means the decade of the 1870s, 1970s, etc.
What is seventies the plural of?
Seventies is the plural of seventy.
What part of speech is seventies?
Seventies can be a noun or an adjective.

Words near seventies in the dictionary

  1. Seventh-day Adventist
  2. Seventh-day Adventist Church
  3. Seventh-day Adventists
  4. seventhly
  5. sevenths
  6. seventies
  7. seventieth
  8. seventiethly
  9. seventieths
  10. seventy
  11. seventy eight

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