English

Numeral

seventy-third

1. (ordinal) The ordinal form of the number seventy-three, describing a person or thing in position number 73 of a sequence.

   The answer appears on the seventy-third page of the book.

   She finished seventy-third in the race.

Usage notes

English ordinal numbers may function as either an adjective or as a noun, and almost never appear in the plural.

Abbreviations

• 73rd, 73^rd

Noun

seventy-third ‎(plural seventy-thirds)

1. (fractional) One of seventy-three equal parts of a whole.

   A seventy-third of 1460 is 20.