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seventieth

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sev·en·ti·eth  (svn-t-th)
n.
1. The ordinal number matching the number 70 in a series.
2. One of 70 equal parts.
seven·ti·eth adv. & adj.
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Noun1.seventieth - position 70 in a countable series of things
rank - relative status; "his salary was determined by his rank and seniority"
Adj.1.seventiethseventieth - the ordinal number of seventy in counting order
70th
ordinal - being or denoting a numerical order in a series; "ordinal numbers"; "held an ordinal rank of seventh"
Translations
seventieth [ˈsevntɪɪθ] seven num → soixante-dixième


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Every article of furniture, from the chairs that came into the world with me and have worn so much better, though I was new and they were second-hand, to the mantle-border of fashionable design which she sewed in her seventieth year, having picked up the stitch in half a lesson, has its story of fight and attainment for her, hence her satisfaction; but she sighs at sight of her son, dipping and tearing, and chewing the loathly pen.
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I saw an old man the other day, to my astonishment, making the holes with a hoe for the seventieth time at least, and not for himself to lie down in
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His nose was high, and of the kind called Roman, with nostrils that expanded, in his seventieth year, with the freedom that had distinguished them in youth.
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