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Seventy

SEVNT-ee/ˈsevnti/

The number 70 is seventy. Seventy minutes / seventy pounds. Seventeen is 17. In the seventies names that decade.

Meaning

The number 70.

Examples

  • “The journey takes seventy minutes.”
  • “Seventy people came to the wedding.”
  • “He retired at seventy.”

Good to know

70. Contrast: seventeen (17). In the seventies.

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