seventy-ninth
English
| < 78th | 79th | 80th > |
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| Cardinal : seventy-nine Ordinal : seventy-ninth | ||
Adjective
seventy-ninth
- The ordinal form of the number seventy-nine, describing a person or thing in position number 79 of a sequence.
- The answer appears on the seventy-ninth page of the book.
- She finished seventy-ninth in the race.
Usage notes
English ordinal numbers may function as either an adjective or as a noun, and almost never appear in the plural.
Abbreviations
- 79th, 79th
Translations
ordinal form of seventy-nine
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Noun
seventy-ninth (plural seventy-ninths)
- One of seventy-nine equal parts of a whole.
- A seventy-ninth of 1580 is 20.
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