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seventy-six
[ sev-uhn-tee-siks ]
noun
- a cardinal number, 70 plus 6.
- a symbol for this number, as 76 or LXXVI.
- a set of this many persons or things.
adjective
- amounting to 76 in number.
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Example Sentences
He remained with the Midland until 1897, when he retired on superannuation at the age of seventy-six.
This year no less than seventy-six slave-ships have sailed, without reckoning the smugglers in that line.
The distance, which amounts to seventy-six miles, occupies about twelve or thirteen hours.
The division on the amendment gave seventy-six peers for the second reading, and only thirteen against it.
On a division the second reading was carried by a majority of three hundred and twenty-three against one hundred and seventy-six.
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