1. seventy-second - Noun
2. seventy-second - Adjective
The ordinal form of the number seventy-two, describing a person or thing in position number 72 of a sequence.
The answer appears on the seventy-second page of the book.
She finished seventy-second in the race.
Lasting seventy seconds.
seventy-second (plural seventy-seconds)
One of seventy-two equal parts of a whole.
A seventy-second of 1440 is 20.