seventies

sev·en·ty  (svn-t)

n.

1. The cardinal number equal to 7 × 10.

2. seventies

a. A decade or the numbers from 70 to 79: They became grandparents in their seventies. The temperature hovered in the seventies.

b. often Seventies The decade from 70 to 79 in a century.

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[Middle English, from Old English -seofontig (in hundseofontig, the decad seventy, seventy); see sept in Indo-European roots.]

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seven·ty adj. & pron.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	seventies - the decade from 1970 to 1979         1970s decade, decennary, decennium - a period of 10 years
	2.	seventies - the time of life between 70 and 80 mid-seventies time of life - a period of time during which a person is normally in a particular life state eld, geezerhood, old age, years, age - a late time of life; "old age is not for sissies"; "he's showing his years"; "age hasn't slowed him down at all"; "a beard white with eld"; "on the brink of geezerhood"