seventy-four
- numeral
- /ˈsɛv.ən.ti fɔr/
- He is celebrating his seventy-fourth birthday this weekend.
- seventy-four percent
- seventy-four years
Examples
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Seventy-four percent of the students reported no skill in programming languages or computational applications.
Academic text (2012) -
Seventy-four percent of patients had no concerns or complications from their catheters.
Academic text (2018) -
" I am seventy-four years old, Al," she says into the crack.
Fiction book (2001) -
At seventy-four, she both looked and moved like someone ten years younger than her age.
Fiction book (1999) -
Our debt to GDP ratio is about seventy-four percent.
Academic text (1996) -
"I am seventy-four years old," she says aloud, and takes a bite.
Fiction book (2001) -
"When you get to be seventy-four," Norbert answered, "you can do exactly as you like."
Fiction book (2000) -
Seventy-four percent of the households are dependent on this forest for their livelihoods.
Academic text (2013) -
Seventy-four percent of European women complain of hot flushes compared with only 22-63% of Asian women.
Academic text (2012) -
Of the seventy-four subjects who completed all facets, 40.2% were male and 59.8% were female.
Academic text (1990)
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Etymology
Seventy-four comes from putting seventy ('seven groups of ten') and four together. So seventy-four means 'seven groups of ten plus four', which is the number 74.