ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Seventy-ninth

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Pronunciation /ˌsɛvənti ˈnaɪnθ/ · Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Seventy-ninth is an adjective meaning The ordinal form of the number seventy-nine, describing a person or thing in position number 79 of a sequence.

Meaning

The ordinal form of the number seventy-nine, describing a person or thing in position number 79 of a sequence.

More Meanings

  1. One of seventy-nine equal parts of a whole.

Example Sentences

A seventy-ninth of 1580 is 20.
She finished seventy-ninth in the race.
The answer appears on the seventy-ninth page of the book.

Word Forms

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include seventy-seventh, eighty-ninth, seventy-eighth, seventy-first, seventy-third, seventy-fourth.

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