seventieth

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sev•en•ti•eth (sev′ən tē ith),USA pronunciation adj.

next after the sixty-ninth;
being the ordinal number for 70.
being one of 70 equal parts.

a seventieth part, esp. of one (¹⁄₇₀).
the seventieth member of a series.

Middle English seventithe. See seventy, -eth² 1250–1300

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seventieth /ˈsɛv^əntɪɪθ/ adj

(usually prenominal)
- being the ordinal number of seventy in numbering or counting order, position, time, etc: often written 70th
- (as noun): the seventieth in line

- one of 70 approximately equal parts of something
- (as modifier): a seventieth part
the fraction equal to one divided by 70 ( ¹⁄₇₀)

sev•en•ty /ˈsɛvənti/USA pronunciation n., pl. -ties, adj.
n. [countable]

a cardinal number, 10 times 7.
a symbol for this number, as 70 or LXX.
a set of this many persons or things.
seventies, [plural;
usually: the + ~] the numbers from 70 through 79, as in referring to the years of a lifetime or of a century or to degrees of temperature.

adj. [before a noun]

amounting to 70 in number.

sev•en•ti•eth, adj., n. [countable]

sev•en•ty (sev′ən tē),USA pronunciation n., pl. -ties, adj.
n.

a cardinal number, 10 times 7.
a symbol for this number, as 70 or LXX.
a set of this many persons or things.
seventies, the numbers, years, degrees, or the like from 70 through 79, as in referring to numbered streets, indicating the years of a lifetime or of a century, or referring to degrees of temperature:They live in the Seventies. His uncle is in his early seventies. It was in the seventies yesterday.
Religion the Seventy, the body of scholars who produced the Septuagint.

adj.

amounting to 70 in number.

1150–1200; Middle English; Old English seofontig. See seven, -ty¹

'seventieth' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):

Septuagesima - decline - seventy-first

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