seventy-eight

noun

sev·​en·​ty-eight ˌse-vən-tē-ˈāt How to pronounce seventy-eight (audio)
ˌse-bᵊm-,
-dē-ˈāt
1
: a number that is one more than 77 see Table of Numbers
2
: a phonograph record designed to be played at 78 revolutions per minute
usually written 78
seventy-eight adjective
seventy-eight pronoun, plural in construction

Examples of seventy-eight in a Sentence

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Over several days, beginning on February 4th, the government sent a hundred and seventy-eight Venezuelan migrants apprehended on U.S. soil to the site. Jonathan Blitzer, The New Yorker, 23 Feb. 2025 By 1960, more than a hundred and seventy-eight thousand people lived there, and about thirty thousand people worked at Gary Works. Paige Williams, The New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1659, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of seventy-eight was in 1659

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“Seventy-eight.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/seventy-eight. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.

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