Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Being nine more than seventy: The cardinal number that is the sum of seventy and nine; 79.

Usage

• This word functions exclusively as a numerical adjective or determiner. It is used to specify a precise quantity or position in a sequence.
• It is typically written with a hyphen: seventy-nine.

Examples

• Adjective:
  • She collected seventy-nine different stamps for her project.
  • The answer on page seventy-nine explains the concept clearly.
  • My grandfather is seventy-nine years old.

Advanced Usage

• As a numeral in sequences: Can be used to denote the seventy-ninth item in an ordered list.
  • He finished in seventy-ninth place in the marathon. (Note: The ordinal form "seventy-ninth" is used here, which is a related variant.)

Variants and Related Words

• 79: The Arabic numeral form.
• LXXIX: The Roman numeral form.
• Seventy-ninth (adj): The ordinal number form, meaning "constituting number seventy-nine in a sequence."

Synonyms

• 79: The numerical symbol.
• Four score minus one: An archaic or poetic phrasing (a "score" is twenty).

Notes

• There are no specific idioms or phrasal verbs associated with this cardinal number. Its usage is literal and mathematical.

Adjective

1. being nine more than seventy