seventieth

[US]/'sevəntɪɪθ/
[UK]/'sɛvntɪɪθ/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. the ordinal number of seventy; coming after sixty-ninth and before seventy-first.
Word Forms

Example Sentences

Twentieth, thirtieth, fourtieth, fiftieth, sixtieth, seventieth, eightieth, ninetieth, hundredth.

to celebrate the seventieth birthday

the seventieth floor of the building

to be the seventieth in line

the seventieth chapter of the book

to reach the seventieth level in the game

the seventieth day of the year

to attend the seventieth high school reunion

the seventieth row in the theater

to be the seventieth person to arrive

Real-world Examples

2017 actually marks their seventieth wedding anniversary.

Source: Women Who Changed the World

We have, this year, marked the seventieth anniversary of the foundation of the United Nations.

Source: Celebrity Speech Compilation

He was touching his seventieth year, and though he had a very well-tempered constitution, his hold upon life had lost its firmness.

Source: Washington Square

Then he lit his seventieth cigarette of the day and sat down at the writing-table with the thick wad of his stake money and winnings beside him and entered some figures in a small note-book.

Source: Casino Royale of the 007 series

In the matter of years, therefore, his career apparently belongs to the ante-bellum days, yet the most remarkable fact about this remarkable man is that his real life work did not begin until he had passed his seventieth year.

Source: The Era of Big Business

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