Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Being seven more than seventy: The cardinal number that is the sum of seventy and seven; 77.

Usage

• As a determiner or quantifier: Used to indicate a quantity of exactly seventy-seven items or units.
• As an adjective: Describes a noun by specifying its quantity as seventy-seven.

Examples

• Adjective:
  • The recipe calls for seventy-seven grams of sugar.
  • She has collected seventy-seven different stamps from that country.
  • The team won seventy-seven games this season.

Advanced Usage

• In formal or technical contexts: Can be written in numeral form (77) for brevity, especially in statistics, lists, or scientific data.
  • The study involved 77 participants.
• As part of a compound adjective: When hyphenated before a noun.
  • It was a seventy-seven-page document.

Variants and Related Words

• 77: The numeral representation.
• LXXVII: The Roman numeral representation.
• Seventy-seventh (77th): The ordinal number form.
  • He finished in seventy-seventh place.

Synonyms

• 77: The numeral.
• LXXVII: The Roman numeral.

Different Meanings

• This word functions exclusively as a numeral adjective. It does not have other distinct meanings, though it can be part of cultural references (e.g., the '77' in the name of a band or product).

Idioms and Phrases

• There are no common idioms or phrasal verbs specifically using the term seventy-seven. It may appear in specific cultural or historical references (e.g., 'the Class of ’77', 'Route 77').

Adjective

1. being seven more than seventy