seventy-second

English

**English ordinal numbers**
< 71st	72nd	73rd >
Cardinal : seventy-two Ordinal : seventy-second

Numeral

seventy-second

(ordinal) The ordinal form of the number seventy-two, describing a person or thing in position number 72 of a sequence.
The answer appears on the seventy-second page of the book.

She finished seventy-second in the race.
Lasting seventy seconds.

Usage notes

English ordinal numbers may function as either an adjective or as a noun, and almost never appear in the plural.

Abbreviations

72nd, 72^nd

Translations

ordinal form of seventy-two

Esperanto: sepdek-dua

Finnish: seitsemäskymmenestoinen, seitsemäskymmeneskahdes

Noun

seventy-second (plural seventy-seconds)

(fractional) One of seventy-two equal parts of a whole.
A seventy-second of 1440 is 20.

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