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SEVENTY-EIGHT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does seventy-eight mean? 

SEVENTY-EIGHT (noun)
  The noun SEVENTY-EIGHT has 2 senses:

1. the cardinal number that is the sum of seventy and eightplay

2. a shellac based phonograph record that played at 78 revolutions per minuteplay

  Familiarity information: SEVENTY-EIGHT used as a noun is rare.


SEVENTY-EIGHT (adjective)
  The adjective SEVENTY-EIGHT has 1 sense:

1. being eight more than seventyplay

  Familiarity information: SEVENTY-EIGHT used as an adjective is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SEVENTY-EIGHT (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The cardinal number that is the sum of seventy and eight

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Synonyms:

78; LXXVIII; seventy-eight

Hypernyms ("seventy-eight" is a kind of...):

large integer (an integer equal to or greater than ten)


Sense 2

Meaning:

A shellac based phonograph record that played at 78 revolutions per minute

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

78; seventy-eight

Hypernyms ("seventy-eight" is a kind of...):

disc; disk; phonograph record; phonograph recording; platter; record (sound recording consisting of a disk with a continuous groove; used to reproduce music by rotating while a phonograph needle tracks in the groove)


SEVENTY-EIGHT (adjective)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Being eight more than seventy

Synonyms:

78; lxxviii; seventy-eight

Similar:

cardinal (being or denoting a numerical quantity but not order)


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