SEVENTIETH

seventieth, th

(adjective) the ordinal number of seventy in counting order

seventieth

(noun) position 70 in a countable series of things

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Adjective

seventieth (not comparable)

The ordinal form of the number seventy.

Synonyms

• 70th, 70th

Noun

seventieth (plural seventieths)

The person or thing in the seventieth position.

One of seventy equal parts of a whole.

Source: Wiktionary


Sev"en*ti*eth, a. Etym: [AS. hund-seofontigoedha.]

1. Next in order after the sixty-ninth; as, a man in the seventieth year of his age.

2. Constituting or being one of seventy equal parts.

Sev"en*ti*eth, n.

1. One next in order after the sixty-ninth.

2. The quotient of a unit divided by seventy; one of seventy equal parts or fractions.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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ENDLESSLY

(adverb) (spatial sense) seeming to have no bounds; “the Nubian desert stretched out before them endlessly”


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