seventy · number /ˈsev.ən.t̬i/
seventy
A2 C the number 70
Dictionary examples:
sixty, seventy, eighty
This house was built seventy years ago.
Learner example:
I have bought new shoes. I bought them because there were very beautiful, and they cost only seventy dollars. (Key English Test; A2; French)
(be) in your seventies/70s
B2 to be aged between 70 and 79
Dictionary example:
Both my parents are in their seventies.
Learner example:
After some minutes, an old man in his late seventies opened the door and told us in his trembling voice that Daisy wasn't at home. (First Certificate in English; B2; Italian)
the seventies/'70s
B2 the years 1970 through 1979
Dictionary example:
I grew up in the seventies.
Learner example:
The nineties is, indeed, a reverse of the seventies. (First Certificate in English; B2; Swedish)
