SEVENTY-FIVE


Meaning of SEVENTY-FIVE in English

I. | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ adjective

: being one more than 74 in number

seventy-five years

— see number table

II. pronoun, plural in construction

: 75 countable persons or things not specified but under consideration and being enumerated

seventy-five are here

seventy-five were found

III. noun

1. : five and 70 : three times 25 : five fifteens

2.

a. : 75 units or objects

a total of seventy-five

b. : a group or set of 75

3. : the numberable quantity symbolized by the arabic numerals 75

4. : the 75th in a set or series

5. : a 75 millimeter gun ; especially : the fieldpiece of this caliber used in the armies of France and of the United States in World War I — often written 75

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