English

Numeral

seventy-four

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

Synonyms

• Arabic numerals: 74
• Roman numerals: LXXIV, LXXIIII

Translations

Noun

seventy-four ‎(plural seventy-fours)

1. (historical) A ship having seventy-four guns.
   • 1820, Lord Byron, Don Juan, V:

     the ocean stream / Here and there studded with a seventy-four [...].

   • Howard Nemerov

     For all the world like a seventy-four of the line, / Riding the swell and firing off Finisterre.