SEVENTY-EIGHT
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 eight
2. a shellac based phonograph record that played at 78 revolutions per minute
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 seventy
Familiarity information: SEVENTY-EIGHT used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• SEVENTY-EIGHT (noun)
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)
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)
Meaning:
Being eight more than seventy
Synonyms:
78; lxxviii; seventy-eight
Similar:
cardinal (being or denoting a numerical quantity but not order)
