Meaning of Seventies | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The decade of the 1870s, 1970s, etc.
   plural, plural-only
2. The decade of one's life from age 70 through age 79.
   plural, plural-only
3. The range between 70 and 79.
   plural, plural-only

Equivalents

Examples

“I'm so bored of this decade, the seventies can't come soon enough.”

“Our readers — and contributors — are apt to elect a good deal according to years. The seventies and eighties, we may suppose, are concerned for the large educational and cultural interests of their Alma Mater; the nineties are deep in the practical and business activities; the noughties are not naughty, but still young enough to sport a fantastic costume at reunion and let the college wag as it will; the oneties are the really wise as to what the college ought to be, especially on its athletic side, but as contributors modest.”

“'The Bride' [a snowdrop variety], found in the early Seventies at Foxcote Farm near Cheltenham, was his first discovery. It's a poculiform (cup-shaped) G. elwesii] with six pure white petals of the same length.”

“My grandma met her third wife when they were both in their seventies.”

“You don't need your parka today, it's in the seventies.”

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