seventy-fourth

[ sev-uhn-tee-fawrth, -fohrth ]

/ ˈsɛv ən tiˈfɔrθ, -ˈfoʊrθ /

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adjective

next after the seventy-third; being the ordinal number for 74.

being one of 74 equal parts.

noun

a seventy-fourth part, especially of one (1/74).

the seventy-fourth member of a series.

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