What does "seventieth" mean?

The person or thing in the seventieth position.

Seventieth

Q: What is a synonym for "seventieth"?

Common synonyms include: 70th, order position, ordinal, ordinal position, temporal marker, year marker.

/ˈsɛvnti.əθ/ adj, noun

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Definitions

Noun

1
The person or thing in the seventieth position.
"All the septuagenarians remembered their seventieths fondly."
2
position 70 in a countable series of things wordnet
3
One of seventy equal parts of a whole.

Adjective

1
The ordinal form of the number seventy. not-comparable

Adjective

1
the ordinal number of seventy in counting order wordnet

Synonyms

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70th order position ordinal ordinal position temporal marker year marker

Antonyms

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first

Example

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"Tom died just one day after his seventieth birthday."

Etymology

From earlier seventeth, from Middle English seventiþe, seventithe; equivalent to seventy + -eth. For the modern form, see the etymological notes at twentieth.

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