seventy-third

American  

[sev-uhn-tee-thurd] / ˈsɛv ən tiˈθɜrd /

adjective

1. next after the seventy-second; being the ordinal number for 73.

2. being one of 73 equal parts.

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noun

1. a seventy-third part, especially of one (1/73).

2. the seventy-third member of a series.

Example Sentences

But the seventy-third annual Golden Globes, which aired last night, weren’t fun-drunk, at least for those of us watching at home.

From The New Yorker • Jan. 11, 2016

President Hoover had remembered that the day was the seventy-third anniversary of the birth of Thomas Woodrow Wilson.

From Time Magazine Archive

Now, in his seventy-third year, comes the intelligence that he has completed still another opera, on the subject of "Othello," which will soon be placed in rehearsal in Paris.

From The Standard Oratorios Their Stories, Their Music, And Their Composers by Upton, George P. (George Putnam)

He had hardly reached the capital when he was attacked by a mortal illness, which carried him off in April, 1575, in the seventy-third year of his age.

From History of The Reign of Philip The Second King of Spain Volume The Third and Biographical & Critical Miscellanies by Prescott, William Hickling

In his seventy-third year the Ma�stro has given to his time an opera, which surpasses his former compositions in many respects.

From The Standard Operaglass Detailed Plots of One Hundred and Fifty-one Celebrated Operas by Annesley, Charles, pseud.