English

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, 74^th

Noun

seventy-fourth ‎(plural seventy-fourths)

1. (fractional) One of seventy-four equal parts of a whole.

   A seventy-fourth of 1480 is 20.