I. | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ adjective
: being one more than 78 in number
seventy-nine years
— see number table
II. pronoun, plural in construction
: 79 countable persons or things not specified but under consideration and being enumerated
seventy-nine are here
seventy-nine were found
III. noun
1. : nine and 70
2.
a. : 79 units or objects
a total of seventy-nine
b. : a group or set of 79
3. : the numerable quantity symbolized by the arabic numerals 79
4. : the 79th in a set or series