seventy-seven

1 of 3

adjective

: being one more than 76 in number

seventy-seven years

see Table of Numbers

seventy-seven

2 of 3

pronoun, plural in construction

"

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

seventy-seven are here

seventy-seven were found

seventy-seven

3 of 3

noun

"

1

: seven and 70 : seven times 11

2

a

: 77 units or objects

a total of seventy-seven

b

: a group or set of 77

3

: the numerable quantity symbolized by the arabic numerals 77

4

: the 77th in a set or series

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