SEVENTY-TWO

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does seventy-two mean? 

• SEVENTY-TWO (adjective)
  The adjective SEVENTY-TWO has 1 sense:

1. being two more than seventy

  Familiarity information: SEVENTY-TWO used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SEVENTY-TWO (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Being two more than seventy

Synonyms:

72; lxxii; seventy-two

Similar:

cardinal (being or denoting a numerical quantity but not order)

 Context examples 

Of the three hundred and seventy men who had held the crest, one hundred and seventy-two were left standing, many of whom were sorely wounded and weak from loss of blood.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

We can give Mr. Copperfield seventy-two, sir, if it would be preferred.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)