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seventy-eight

[sev-uhn-tee-eyt]

sev·enty-eight

[sev-uhn-tee-eyt]
noun
1.
a cardinal number, 70 plus 8.
2.
a symbol for this number, as 78 or LXXVIII.
3.
a set of this many persons or things.
adjective
4.
amounting to 78 in number.
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WordNet
seventy-eight

adjective
1. being eight more than seventy 

noun
1. the cardinal number that is the sum of seventy and eight 
2. a shellac based phonograph record that played at 78 revolutions per minute 
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