seventy-five

/'sevnti'faiv/

Thân thiện

A child counts seventy-five colorful marbles on the floor.

Definition

1. Adjective:

   • Being five more than seventy: The cardinal number that is equal to seventy plus five; 75.

2. Noun:

   • The number 75: The natural number following seventy-four and preceding seventy-six.
   • A 75-millimeter gun: (Historical/Military) A type of artillery piece with a 75mm caliber bore.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:

  • He is seventy-five years old. (He is five years older than seventy.)
  • The recipe calls for seventy-five grams of sugar. (The required amount is 75 grams.)

• Noun (Number):

  • Seventy-five is divisible by five. (The number 75 can be divided by five.)
  • She scored seventy-five on the test. (Her test result was the number 75.)

• Noun (Gun):

  • The French 75 was a famous field gun of World War I. (The "French 75" refers to a specific 75mm artillery piece.)

Advanced Usage

• As a determiner: Used to indicate quantity.

  • Seventy-five percent of the voters agreed. (75 out of every 100 voters agreed.)

• In historical context: Refers specifically to the French 75mm field gun (Canon de 75 modèle 1897).

  • The battery was equipped with several seventy-fives. (The artillery unit had several 75mm guns.)

Variants and Related Words

• 75: The numeral form.
• LXXV: The Roman numeral for seventy-five.
• Three-quarters: A fractional equivalent (¾), often used in different contexts like "three-quarters of an hour" (45 minutes, not 75). Note: This is a related concept for parts of a whole, but not a direct synonym for the number.

Synonyms

• LXXV (Roman numeral)
• 75 (Arabic numeral)

Related Phrases

• The French Seventy-Five: A specific historical term for the Canon de 75 modèle 1897 field artillery piece.
  • The innovation of the French Seventy-Five revolutionized artillery.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. being five more than seventy

Từ đồng nghĩa

• 75
• lxxv