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seventy-four

seventy-four

152 1.0
A number after seventy-three and before seventy-five
  • numeral
  • /ˈsɛv.ən.ti fɔr/
: setenta y cuatro
  • He is celebrating his seventy-fourth birthday this weekend.
  • seventy-four percent
  • seventy-four years

Examples

  • 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)

How Many

seventy-six
147 1.0
seventy-five
639 1.0
seventy-four
152 1.0
seventy-three
179 1.0
seventy-two
353 1.0

Surface Forms

seventy-four cardinal word
74 cardinal digit

Morphology

seventy-four = seventy + four (transparent) = seventy + four

A direct numerical compound; the value is clearly seventy plus four.

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.