seventies

Thân thiện

My grandmother is in her seventies and enjoys gardening.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • The time of life between 70 and 80 years old: Refers to the period or age range within a person's lifespan.
   • The decade from 1970 to 1979: Refers to the specific ten-year period in the 20th century.

Usage Examples

• Noun (Age):

  • My grandfather is in his seventies, but he's still very active.
  • She wrote her most celebrated novels during her seventies.

• Noun (Decade):

  • Disco music was hugely popular in the seventies.
  • Fashion in the seventies was characterized by bold patterns and wide collars.

Advanced Usage

• "The roaring seventies": Sometimes used to describe the dynamic and transformative nature of the 1970s decade.

  • The documentary explored the roaring seventies, a decade of great social change.

• "To be pushing seventy": An idiom meaning to be approaching the age of seventy.

  • He's pushing seventy but has the energy of someone much younger.

Variants and Related Words

• Seventieth (adj): Constituting number seventy in a sequence.

  • They celebrated their seventieth wedding anniversary.

• Seventy (noun, adj): The cardinal number 70.

  • The room can hold up to seventy people.

Synonyms

• The 1970s: The decade from 1970 to 1979.
• The '70s: A common abbreviated form for the decade.

Related Phrases

• In one's seventies: The standard phrase to indicate someone's age is between 70 and 79.
  • He learned to paint in his seventies.

Related Idioms

• Three score and ten: A literary idiom, based on the biblical lifespan, meaning seventy years.
  • The poet mused on life beyond three score and ten.

Học thuật

Noun

1. the time of life between 70 and 80
2. the decade from 1970 to 1979

Từ đồng nghĩa

• mid-seventies
• 1970s