seventieth
pronunciation
How to pronounce seventieth in British English:
UK ['sevntɪəθ]
How to pronounce seventieth in American English:
US [ˈsɛvəntiɪθ]
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- Noun:
- position 70 in a countable series of things
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- Adjective:
- the ordinal number of seventy in counting order
Word Origin
- seventieth (adj.)
- late 13c., from seventy + -th (1).
Example
- 1. They congratulated him on his seventieth birthday .
- 2. The seventieth spirit is seere , sear , or seir .
- 3. Today is the seventieth anniversary of his death .
- 4. She is ranked seventieth in the world .
- 5. Tyler was past his seventieth birthday when his 15th child was born .