seventy

Speech parts

1. seventy - Noun

2. seventy - Adjective

3. seventy - Adjective Satellite

4. Seventy - Proper noun

Meaning

Seven times ten; one more than sixty-nine.

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

A symbol representing seventy units, as 70, or lxx.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

lxx 70 seventieth dicker five seven priest eight nine score eleven dozen fifty seventies seventy-four
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Antonyms

young young blood new kid on the block new blood

Hypernyms

large integer

Phrases with the word

seventy-threes age of seventy atomic number seventy-two seventy years old atomic number seventy-nine seventy and eight

Derivatives

seventies

Examples

At twenty a man is a peacock, at thirty a lion, at forty a camel, at fifty a serpent, at sixty a dog, at seventy an ape, at eighty a nothing at all. Baltasar Gracián

Seventy percent of success in life is showing up. Woody Allen

Many people die at twenty five and aren't buried until they are seventy five. Benjamin Franklin

One hour of justice is worth seventy hours of prayer. Turkish Proverb

At twenty a man will be a peacock, at thirty a lion, at forty a camel, at fifty a serpent, at sixty a dog, at seventy a monkey, and at eighty nothing. Spanish Proverb

A person can study for seventy years and at the end die a fool. Yiddish Proverb

Close letter words and terms

seventieth slice seventieth unit seventiethly seventy and eight seventy years seventy years old