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- [sev-uh n-tee]
- /ˈsɛv ən ti/
- /ˈsev.ən.tiz/
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- [sev-uh n-tee]
- /ˈsɛv ən ti/
Definitions of seventies word
- noun plural seventies a cardinal number, 10 times 7. 1
- noun plural seventies a symbol for this number, as 70 or LXX. 1
- noun plural seventies a set of this many persons or things. 1
- noun plural seventies 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. 1
- noun plural seventies the Seventy, the body of scholars who produced the Septuagint. 1
- adjective seventies amounting to 70 in number. 1
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Origin of seventies
First appearance:
before 1150 One of the 7% oldest English words
1150-1200; Middle English; Old English seofontig. See seven, -ty1
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Parts of speech for Seventies
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
seventies popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 88% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.
seventies usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerTop questions with seventies
- when the lights went out britain in the seventies?
- what to wear to a seventies party?
- what happened in the seventies?
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