seventy-four

American  

[sev-uhn-tee-fawr, -fohr] / ˈsɛv ən tiˈfɔr, -ˈfoʊr /

noun

1. a cardinal number, 70 plus 4.

2. a symbol for this number, as 74 or LXXIV.

3. a set of this many persons or things.

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adjective

1. amounting to 74 in number.

Example Sentences

In the middle of the afternoon we came to Rainy Pass Lodge, having covered seventy-four miles from Finger Lake, two hundred and nineteen miles since we left Anchorage.

From Literature

At seventy-four miles an hour she graduated from a tropical storm to a hurricane.

From Literature

Students now attend classes in a new building, but the original school still stands as a museum and memorial to the seventy-four students and ten teachers who died there.

From Literature

I had paid seventy-four dollars for the car, and it was worth that—or nearly.

From Literature

After her seventy-four cartons of material were delivered, she went home.

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