seventy-four

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    Cardinal: seventy-four
    Ordinal: seventy-fourth
    Adverbial: seventy-four times

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seventy-four

  1. The cardinal number immediately following seventy-three and preceding seventy-five.

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seventy-four (plural seventy-fours)

  1. (historical) A ship having seventy-four guns.
    • 1820, Lord Byron, Don Juan, section V:
      the ocean stream / Here and there studded with a seventy-four [...].
    • 1958, Howard Nemerov, “Seven Macabre Songs”, in Mirrors and Windows:
      For all the world like a seventy-four of the line, / Riding the swell and firing off Finisterre.