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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