Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

seventy-second

/ˌsɛvənti ˈsɛkənd/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.77 in modern English

Syllables: sev-en-ty-sec-ond
IPA: /ˌsɛvənti ˈsɛkənd/

22

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

5

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

The ordinal form of the number seventy-two, describing a person or thing in position number 72 of a sequence.

adj

Lasting seventy seconds.

noun

One of seventy-two equal parts of a whole.

Example Sentences

"The answer appears on the seventy-second page of the book."
"She finished seventy-second in the race."
"A seventy-second of 1440 is 20."

Inflected Forms

seventy-seconds (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce seventy-second?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˌsɛvənti ˈsɛkənd/.
What does seventy-second mean?: The ordinal form of the number seventy-two, describing a person or thing in position number 72 of a sequence.

How to pronounce seventy-second

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