seventy-six

seventy-six
adjective
being six more than seventy
• Syn: ↑76, ↑lxxvi
• Similar to: ↑cardinal

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I. \\| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷\ adjective
: being one more than 75 in number

seventy-six years

— see number table
II. pronoun, plural in construction
: 76 countable persons or things not specified but under consideration and being enumerated

seventy-six are here

seventy-six were found

III. noun
1. : six and 70 : four times 19
2.
a. : 76 units or objects

a total of seventy-six

b. : a group or set of 76
3. : the numerable quantity symbolized by the arabic numerals 76
4. : the 76th in a set or series

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/sev"euhn tee siks"/, n.
1. a cardinal number, 70 plus 6.
2. a symbol for this number, as 76 or LXXVI.
3. a set of this many persons or things.
adj.
4. amounting to 76 in number.

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