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seventies en · ADJ

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) From or evoking the 71st through 80th years of a century (chiefly the 1970s).
   • Among rock critics and journalists, there is an overwhelming bias to view the late sixties in a positive light and seventies music as an unfortunate decline into commercialism at the expense of musical authenticity. 2011, John Covach, “The Hippie Aesthetic: Cultural Positioning and Musical Ambition in Early Progressive Rock”, in Mark Spicer, editor, Rock Music, Routledge, →DOI, →ISBN, page 65:
   • I know the theme of the school dance is "The 1970s" but is covering the walls, floor, and ceiling with tie-dye too seventies?

Forms

seventies en · NOUN

Meanings

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.
   • 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. 1914, Amherst College, Amherst Graduates' Quarterly, volume 4, page 6:
   • '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. 2015 February 7, Val Bourne, “The quiet man of the world of snowdrops”, in The Daily Telegraph (London), page G8:
2. (form-of, plural) plural of seventy
   form of seventy
3. (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.
4. (plural, plural-only, qualifier:rates) The range between 70 and 79.
   • You don't need your parka today, it's in the seventies.

Forms

Deriveds

midseventies

Relateds

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Synonyms

1970s · 70s · '70s

Translations (34)

ka 70-იანი წლები (the decade of the 1970s) · cy saithdegau (the decade of the 1970s) · sv sjuttiotalet (the decade of the 1970s) · fi seitsemänkymmentäluku (the decade of the 1970s) · ko 70년대 (the decade of the 1970s) · fr les années soixante-dix (the decade of the 1970s) · nl jaren 1970 (the decade of the 1970s) · ja 七十年代 (the decade of the 1970s) · pl lata 70. (the decade of the 1970s) · ko 칠십년대 (the decade of the 1970s) · id tahun tujuh puluhan (the decade of the 1970s) · arz السبعينات (the decade of the 1970s) · ka სამოცდაათიანი წლები (the decade of the 1970s) · nl jaren 70 (the decade of the 1970s) · ta எழுபதுகள் (the decade of the 1970s) · hu hetvenes évek (the decade of the 1970s) · sv 1970-tal (the decade of the 1970s) · ka 70-იანები (the decade of the 1970s) · sv sjuttiotal (the decade of the 1970s) · es años 70 (the decade of the 1970s) · ja 70年代 (the decade of the 1970s) · tl dekada setenta (the decade of the 1970s) · cmn 70年代 (the decade of the 1970s) · fr années 70 (the decade of the 1970s) · nl jaren zeventig (the decade of the 1970s) · pl lata siedemdziesiąte (the decade of the 1970s) · ro anii '70 (the decade of the 1970s) · cmn 七十年代 (the decade of the 1970s) · ka სამოცდაათიანები (the decade of the 1970s) · cy seithdegau (the decade of the 1970s) · de siebziger Jahre (the decade of the 1970s) · de Siebziger (the decade of the 1970s) · hi सत्तर का दशक (the decade of the 1970s) · ro anii șaptezeci (the decade of the 1970s)