Meaning

2 senses

  1. The person or thing in the seventieth position.

    All the septuagenarians remembered their seventieths fondly.

    Siebzigste

  2. One of seventy equal parts of a whole.

    Siebzigstel

    семидесятая

More definitions
  • position 70 in a countable series of things

Examples

4 sentences

  1. Tom died just one day after his seventieth birthday.

    ruТом умер буквально через день после своего семнадцатилетия. — marafon

    deTom starb nur einen Tag nach seinem siebzigsten Geburtstag. — Nachtiris

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  2. Tom died in his seventieth year.

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  3. Tom passed away in the seventieth year of his life.

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  4. My father celebrated his seventieth birthday this year, but he's more energetic than I am.

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Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
one of seventy equal parts of a whole:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
the person or thing in the seventieth position:
one of seventy equal parts of a whole:

Origin

From earlier seventeth, from Middle English seventiþe, seventithe; equivalent to seventy +

From earlier seventeth, from Middle English seventiþe, seventithe; equivalent to seventy + -eth. For the modern form, see the etymological notes at twentieth.

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Forms

plural: seventieths
Singularseventieth
Pluralseventieths

regular

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
sevenA1seventeenA1seventeenthseventyA1severseveralA2

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