seventy-four

1 of 3

adjective

: being one more than 73 in number

seventy-four years

see Table of Numbers

seventy-four

2 of 3

pronoun, plural in construction

"

: 74 countable persons or things not specified but under consideration and being enumerated

seventy-four are here

seventy-four were found

seventy-four

3 of 3

noun

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1

: four and 70 : two times 37

2

a

: 74 units or objects

a total of seventy-four

b

: a group or set of 74

3

: the numerable quantity symbolized by the arabic numerals 74

4

: the 74th in a set or series

5

: an old-time warship rated as carrying 74 guns

6

: a highly regarded southern African sparid food fish (Polysteganus undulosus) having a rosy red color above shading to white below with several wavy longitudinal blue streaks along the sides

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