Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Being four more than seventy: The cardinal number that is the sum of seventy and four; 74.

Usage

• As a determiner or adjective: Used to indicate the exact quantity of seventy-four items, years, or units.

  • The library acquired seventy-four new books this month.
  • She scored seventy-four points in the game.

• In historical context (as a noun): Refers to a specific type of warship used historically, armed with seventy-four guns.

  • The admiral commanded a powerful seventy-four.

Examples

• Adjective:

  • The recipe calls for seventy-four grams of sugar.
  • My grandfather is seventy-four years old.

• Noun (Historical):

  • The naval battle featured several seventy-fours on each side.
  • The HMS *Victory was a first-rate ship of the line, larger than a seventy-four.*

Advanced Usage

• In sequences and numbering: Often used to denote position or order.

  • Please turn to page seventy-four.
  • He finished in seventy-fourth place.

• In mathematics: Represents the integer between seventy-three and seventy-five.

  • Seventy-four is an even composite number.

Variants and Related Words

• Seventy-fourth (74th): The ordinal form of the number.
  • This is the seventy-fourth edition of the annual report.

Synonyms

• 74: The numeral representation.
• LXXIV: The Roman numeral representation.

Notes

• The adjectival definition ("being four more than seventy") is the primary and general meaning in modern English.
• The nominal meaning referring to a 74-gun warship is a specific historical term, largely archaic outside of historical or naval discussions.

Adjective

1. being four more than seventy