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SEVENTIETH
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Dictionary entry overview: What does seventieth mean?
• SEVENTIETH (noun)
The noun SEVENTIETH has 1 sense:
1. position 70 in a countable series of things
Familiarity information: SEVENTIETH used as a noun is very rare.
• SEVENTIETH (adjective)
The adjective SEVENTIETH has 1 sense:
1. the ordinal number of seventy in counting order
Familiarity information: SEVENTIETH used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Position 70 in a countable series of things
Classified under:
Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas
Hypernyms ("seventieth" is a kind of...):
rank (relative status)
Derivation:
seventieth (the ordinal number of seventy in counting order)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The ordinal number of seventy in counting order
Synonyms:
70th; seventieth
Similar:
ordinal (being or denoting a numerical order in a series)
Derivation:
seventieth (position 70 in a countable series of things)
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