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seventy-fourth

seventy-fourth

English

English ordinal numbers
 <  73rd 74th 75th  > 
    Cardinal : seventy-four
    Ordinal : seventy-fourth

Numeral

seventy-fourth

  1. (ordinal) The ordinal form of the number seventy-four, describing a person or thing in position number 74 of a sequence.
    The answer appears on the seventy-fourth page of the book.
    She finished seventy-fourth in the race.

Usage notes

English ordinal numbers may function as either an adjective or as a noun, and almost never appear in the plural.

Abbreviations

  • 74th, 74th

Noun

seventy-fourth (plural seventy-fourths)

  1. (fractional) One of seventy-four equal parts of a whole.
    A seventy-fourth of 1480 is 20.