seventy-eighth /ˌsɛvənti ˈeɪ(t)θ/adjective 1noun 1forms 1 adjective1 •The ordinal form of the number seventy-eight, describing a person or thing in position number 78 of a sequence.The answer appears on the seventy-eighth page of the book.She finished seventy-eighth in the race. noun1 •One of seventy-eight equal parts of a whole.A seventy-eighth of 1560 is 20. formsseventy-eighths