English

Alternative forms

• (of the decade) 'seventies

Noun

seventies

1. plural of seventy
2. The decade of the 1870s, 1970s, etc.
   • 1914, Amherst College, Amherst Graduates' Quarterly, volume 4, page 6:

     Our readers — and contributors — are apt to elect a good deal according to years. The seventies and eighties, we may suppose, are concerned for the large educational and cultural interests of their Alma Mater; the nineties are deep in the practical and business activities; the noughties are not naughty, but still young enough to sport a fantastic costume at reunion and let the college wag as it will; the oneties are the really wise as to what the college ought to be, especially on its athletic side, but as contributors modest.

   • 2015 February 7, Val Bourne, “The quiet man of the world of snowdrops”, in The Daily Telegraph (London), page G8:

     'The Bride' [a snowdrop variety], found in the early Seventies at Foxcote Farm near Cheltenham, was his first discovery. It's a poculiform (cup-shaped) G. elwesii with six pure white petals of the same length.

3. The decade of one's life from age 70 through age 79.

Synonyms

• 1970s, '70s, 70s

Translations

See also

• septuagenarian

Anagrams

• investees