n.
Pronunciation: ' se-v ə n-t ē , ' se-b ə m-, -d ē
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural -ties
Etymology: seventy, adjective, from Middle English, from Old English seofontig, short for hundseofontig, from hundseofontig, noun, group of seventy, from hund hundred + seofon seven + -tig group of ten; akin to Old English t ī en ten
Date: 13th century
1 ― see NUMBER table
2 plural : the numbers 70 to 79 specifically : the years 70 to 79 in a lifetime or century
3 capitalized : a Mormon elder ordained for missionary work under the apostles
– sev · en · ti · eth \ -t ē - ə th, -d ē - \ adjective or noun
– seventy adjective
– seventy pronoun, plural in construction