seventy-nine

1 of 3

adjective

: being one more than 78 in number

seventy-nine years

see Table of Numbers

seventy-nine

2 of 3

pronoun, plural in construction

"

: 79 countable persons or things not specified but under consideration and being enumerated

seventy-nine are here

seventy-nine were found

seventy-nine

3 of 3

noun

"

1

: nine and 70

2

a

: 79 units or objects

a total of seventy-nine

b

: a group or set of 79

3

: the numerable quantity symbolized by the arabic numerals 79

4

: the 79th in a set or series

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