seventies

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seventies - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Seventy \Sev"en*ty\, n.; pl. Seventies.
     1. The sum of seven times ten; seventy units or objects.
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     2. A symbol representing seventy units, as 70, or lxx.
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     The Seventy, the translators of the Greek version of the
        Old Testament called the Septuagint. See Septuagint.
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seventies - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  seventies
      n 1: the decade from 1970 to 1979 [syn: seventies, 1970s]
      2: the time of life between 70 and 80 [syn: seventies, mid-   seventies
         ]