seventy-two

Nine times eight

Seventy-two is the number 72, one more than seventy-one and one less than seventy-three.

It appears in contexts ranging from ordinary counting to cultural references: The building has seventy-two floors.

In religious tradition, seventy-two is sometimes considered a number of completeness or totality.

age

retirement

Leaving the workforce permanently

Medicare · aging · grandparent · lifespan · longevity · milestone · birthday · septuagenarian · aged · mature

numerical

digit

Single numeric character

cardinal · ordinal · calculation · multiplication · division · arithmetic · mathematics · sum · counting · figure

quantity

dozen

Group of twelve

count · tally · total · amount · batch · set · grouping

mystical

kabbalah

Jewish mystical tradition

sacred · divine · esoteric · occult · mysticism · spiritual · symbolic · tetragrammaton · astrology · zodiac

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Opposites
age/lifespan

seventy-twonewborn

Infant just delivered

infant · baby · toddler · young · child

numerical magnitude

seventy-twozero

Numerical absence of quantity

one · two · three · none · few

mathematical properties

seventy-twoseventy-one

Sixty plus eleven

seventy-three · two · three · five · seven

Family

second, seconds, seventy, seventeen, twos, seventies, seventieth, seventy-first, seventy-second

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G