COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY►the early/mid/late seventies
In the early seventies, Sag Harbor was still a peaceful village.
►early/mid/late seventies
Bill must be in his mid seventies now.
►in the low/mid/high seventies
sunny, with temperatures in the mid seventies
1the number 702the seventies [plural] (also the '70s, the 1970s) the years from 1970 to 1979: We lost touch during the seventies.the early/mid/late seventies In the early seventies, Sag Harbor was still a peaceful village.3be in your seventies to be aged between 70 and 79early/mid/late seventies Bill must be in his mid seventies now.4in the seventies if the temperature is in the seventies, it is between 70 degrees and 79 degreesin the low/mid/high seventies sunny, with temperatures in the mid seventies—seventieth adjective: her seventieth birthday