seventy-two: Meaning and Definition of

sev•en•ty-two

Pronunciation: (sev'un-tē-t'), [key]
— n.
  1. a cardinal number, 70 plus 2.
  2. a symbol for this number, as 72 or LXXII.
  3. a set of this many persons or things.
—adj.
  1. amounting to 72 in number.
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
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