79
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Definition
- Adjective:
- Being nine more than seventy: The number that is exactly nine units greater than seventy. It is a cardinal numeral used for counting, ordering, or labeling.
Usage
- As a determiner/quantifier: Used before a noun to indicate a precise quantity of seventy-nine items.
- There are 79 pages in the book.
- She scored 79 points in the game.
- As a noun (representing the numeral itself): Used to refer to the number as an abstract concept or symbol.
- Seventy-nine is a prime number.
- The winning lottery number was 79.
Examples
- Adjective/Quantifier:
- The recipe requires 79 grams of sugar.
- He waited for 79 minutes before leaving.
- Noun:
- Seventy-nine was written on the board.
- The answer to the equation is 79.
Advanced Usage
- In sequences and series: Often used to denote a position or an item in an ordered list.
- Please turn to page seventy-nine.
- Contestant number seventy-nine will perform next.
- In mathematics: Can be used in arithmetic operations, comparisons, and to denote properties (e.g., being an odd number, a prime number).
- 79 is greater than 78 but less than 80.
- 79 divided by 1 is 79.
Variants and Related Words
- Seventy-ninth (79th): The ordinal form, indicating position in a sequence.
- This is my seventy-ninth attempt.
- LXXIX: The Roman numeral representation of 79.
Synonyms
- Cardinal number between 78 and 80: This is a descriptive synonym, as '79' itself is the standard term. There is no single common word synonym for this numeral.
Related Phrases
- Seventy-something: An informal phrase indicating an unspecified number in the seventies, typically between 70 and 79.
- He's in his seventy-somethingth year. (Note: This is a related, informal construction, not a direct synonym for the precise number 79.)
Adjective
- being nine more than seventy