Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Being two more than seventy: The cardinal number that is the sum of seventy and two; 72.

Usage

• This word functions exclusively as an adjective or a determiner to describe a quantity or count of exactly seventy-two items, units, or individuals. It is used in numerical contexts.

Examples

• Adjective:
  • The committee is composed of seventy-two members.
  • She collected seventy-two different species of butterflies.

Advanced Usage

• As a numeral: It can be used to denote the number 72 in a series, list, or count.
  • Please turn to page seventy-two in your textbook.

Variants and Related Words

• 72: The Arabic numeral representation.
• LXXII: The Roman numeral representation.
• Seventy-second: The ordinal form (72nd), used to describe position in a sequence.

Synonyms

• 72: The numerical symbol.
• Three score and twelve: An archaic or formal phrasing (a 'score' is twenty).

Notes

• "Seventy-two" is a compound number formed by combining the base tens number "seventy" with the unit "two". It follows the standard English numbering pattern for numbers 21-99.

Adjective

1. being two more than seventy