seventy-nine

1. 1.

   being nine more than seventy

   Synonyms79ilxxx

   Similarcardinal

Questions about seventy-nine

What does seventy-nine mean?

seventy-nine means "being nine more than seventy".

How many syllables are in seventy-nine?

seventy-nine has 4 syllables and divides as se-ven-ty--nine under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for seventy-nine?

Close synonyms include 79, ilxxx. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.