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SEVENTY-THREE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does seventy-three mean?
• SEVENTY-THREE (adjective)
The adjective SEVENTY-THREE has 1 sense:
1. being three more than seventy
Familiarity information: SEVENTY-THREE used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Being three more than seventy
Synonyms:
Similar:
cardinal (being or denoting a numerical quantity but not order)
Context examples
Whoever can there bring sufficient proof, that he has strictly observed the laws of his country for seventy-three moons, has a claim to certain privileges, according to his quality or condition of life, with a proportionable sum of money out of a fund appropriated for that use: he likewise acquires the title of snilpall, or legal, which is added to his name, but does not descend to his posterity.
(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)
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