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seventieth definition

sev·en·ti·eth (sev′ən tē it̸h; often, -ən dē-)

adjective

  1. preceded by sixty-nine others in a series; 70th
  2. designating any of the seventy equal parts of something

Etymology: ME seventithe: see seventy & -th

noun

  1. the one following the sixty-ninth
  2. any of the seventy equal parts of something;

adverb

in the seventieth place, rank, group, etc.

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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