seventy
Decade after sixty
Seventy is the number between sixty-nine and seventy-one, equal to seven times ten.
The seventies refers to a decade: disco dominated the seventies.
Someone in their seventies is between seventy and seventy-nine years old.
As a rough quantity, seventy suggests a large but countable number: seventy miles per hour, seventy dollars.
Ranking at position seventy
- digitSingle numeric character
- integerNumber lacking fractions
- numeralSymbol denoting quantity
- cardinalOf foremost importance
ordinal · mathematics · arithmetic · quantity · counting · multiple · percentage · decimal
Person in their seventies
- seniorHigher in rank
- elderlyAdvanced in age
- retirementLeaving the workforce permanently
- pensionerRetired payment recipient
geriatric · wisdom · experience · mature · grandparent · aged · veteran · ancestral
Fourth decade, twentieth century
- discoSeventies dance music
- bell-bottomsFlared-leg trousers
- Watergate1970s political crisis
- hippiesCountercultural youth of the sixties
feminism · counterculture · funk · Afros · vinyl · psychedelia · stagflation
seventieth
Ranking at position seventy
cardinal · ordinal · mathematics · arithmetic · quantity · counting · multiple · percentage · decimal
septuagenarian
Person in their seventies
- seniorHigher in rank
- elderlyAdvanced in age
- retirementLeaving the workforce permanently
pensioner · geriatric · wisdom · experience · mature · grandparent · aged · veteran · ancestral · vintage
1970s
Fourth decade, twentieth century
- discoSeventies dance music
- bell-bottomsFlared-leg trousers
- Watergate1970s political crisis
hippies · feminism · counterculture · funk · Afros · vinyl · psychedelia · stagflation
tally
Recorded count
sum · aggregate · scoreboard · par · golf · bowling · darts · benchmark · threshold
- numbersone, two, four, three, 0
- milestone agessweet sixteen, quinceanera, first birthday, sixteen, eighteen
- Sacred Numberssacred numbers, three, angel numbers, one, twelve
- Cigarscigar box, cigar bands, cigar bar, torpedo, corona
- MormonismBook of Mormon, Joseph Smith, Latter-day Saints, priesthood, Latter-day Saint
- GAAhurling, Gaelic football, hurley, All-Ireland, intercounty
- seven daysStandard weekly duration
- seven-year itchRestlessness after prolonged marriage
- seven o'clockSpecific hour designation
- twenty-four sevenAll day, every day
- seven deadly sinsTraditional mortal transgressions
- the seven seasAll the world's oceans