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: 74 countable persons or things not specified but under consideration and being enumerated
seventy-four are here
seventy-four were found
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1
: four and 70 : two times 37
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a
: 74 units or objects
a total of seventy-four
b
: a group or set of 74
3
: the numerable quantity symbolized by the arabic numerals 74
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: the 74th in a set or series
5
: an old-time warship rated as carrying 74 guns
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: a highly regarded southern African sparid food fish (Polysteganus undulosus) having a rosy red color above shading to white below with several wavy longitudinal blue streaks along the sides
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“Seventy-four.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/seventy-four. Accessed 26 Nov. 2024.
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