seventies
Definition
- 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.
Noun
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the time of life between 70 and 80
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the decade from 1970 to 1979
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