Definitions for seventy
ˈsɛv ən tisev·en·ty

Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. seventy, 70, LXX(adj)

   the cardinal number that is the product of ten and seven

2. seventy, 70, lxx(adj)

   being ten more than sixty

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Seventy(adj)

   seven times ten; one more than sixty-nine

   Etymology: [AS. hund-seofontig. See Seven, and Ten, and cf. Seventeen, Sixty.]

2. Seventy(noun)

   the sum of seven times ten; seventy units or objects

   Etymology: [AS. hund-seofontig. See Seven, and Ten, and cf. Seventeen, Sixty.]

3. Seventy(noun)

   a symbol representing seventy units, as 70, or lxx

   Etymology: [AS. hund-seofontig. See Seven, and Ten, and cf. Seventeen, Sixty.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Seventy

   sev′n-ti, adj. and n. seven times ten.—adj. Sev′entieth, last of seventy: the ordinal of 70.—n. a seventieth part.—The Seventy, the Jewish sanhedrim: the disciples sent out in Luke x.: the authors of the Septuagint—often LXX. [A.S. seofontig—seofon, seven; Dut. zeventig, Ger. siebenzig.]

British National Corpus

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   Rank popularity for the word 'seventy' in Written Corpus Frequency: #454

How to pronounce seventy?

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   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of seventy in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of seventy in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of seventy in a Sentence

1. Sean Conway:

   I say 80 percent of the oil and gas revenue in the state of Colorado is coming out of northeastern Colorado – Weld County Commissioner Sean Conway, Yuma County, and some of other counties, seventy percent of the K-12 funding is coming off the state lands in Weld County alone. I ’m telling you we are economic drivers.

2. Fernando Zavala:

   Seventy percent of the economy is informal, to jumpstart economic growth we have to tackle this.

3. Richard M. DeVos:

   If I had to select one quality, one personal characteristic that I regard as being most highly correlated with success, whatever the field, I would pick the trait of persistence. Determination. The will to endure to the end, to get knocked down seventy times and get up off the floor saying, "Here comes number seventy-one!"

4. Jamie Bakkum-Gamez:

   Seventy-five percent of the women I care for come in at an advanced stage.

5. Samuel Taylor Coleridge:

   There are three classes into which all the women past seventy that ever I knew were to be divided 1.That dear old soul2. That old woman3. That old witch.

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