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seventies

noun 'seventies

  1. plural plural of seventy

noun 'seventies

  1. plural, plural only The decade of the 1870s, 1970s, etc. I'm so bored of this decade, the seventies can't come soon enough.
  2. plural, plural only The decade of one's life from age 70 through age 79. My grandma met her third wife when they were both in their seventies.
  3. plural, plural only The range between 70 and 79. You don't need your parka today, it's in the seventies.

Similar: 1970s, '70s, 70s

adjective 'seventies

  1. not comparable From or evoking the 71st through 80th years of a century (chiefly the 1970s). I know the theme of the school dance is "The 1970s" but is covering the walls, floor, and ceiling with tie-dye too seventies?

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Closest in meaning: mid-seventies, onwards, eighties, nineties, twenties, forties, fifties, zeros, sixties, tens, teens, midseventies, zeroes, decade, oughties

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Similar: 1970s, '70s, 70s

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noun the decade of the 1970s

Españolaños 70
한국어칠십년대 chilsimnyeondae, 70년대 chilsimnyeondae
日本語七十年代 nanajū-nendai, 70年代 nanajū-nendai
中文七十年代 qīshí niándài, 70年代 qīshí niándài
हिन्दीसत्तर का दशक sattar kā daśak
Françaisles années soixante-dix, années 70
Deutschsiebziger Jahre, Siebziger
Românăanii șaptezeci, anii ’70

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@misc{seventies_2026,
  title = {seventies},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/seventies},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}