SEVENTY


Meaning of SEVENTY in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈse-vən-tē, ˈse-b ə m-, -dē ]

noun

( 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 tīen 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 -tē-əth, -dē- adjective or noun

• seventy adjective

• seventy pronoun, plural in construction

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.