seven

American  

[sev-uhn] / ˈsɛv ən /

noun

• sevens
  plural

1. a cardinal number, 6 plus 1.

2. a symbol for this number, as 7 or VII.

3. a set of this many persons or things.

4. a playing card with seven pips.

5. (used with a singular verb) sevens, fan-tan.

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adjective

1. amounting to seven in number.

verb phrase

1. seven out crap.

seven British  

/ ˈsɛvən /

noun

1. the cardinal number that is the sum of six and one and is a prime number See also number

2. a numeral, 7, VII, etc, representing this number

3. the amount or quantity that is one greater than six

4. anything representing, represented by, or consisting of seven units, such as a playing card with seven symbols on it

5. Also called: seven o'clock. seven hours after noon or midnight

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determiner

1. 1. amounting to seven

      seven swans a-swimming

   2. ( as pronoun )

      you've eaten seven already

seven Idioms  

1. see at sixes and sevens; in seventh heaven.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• sevens
  plural

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Etymology

Origin of seven

before 900; Middle English seoven ( e ), seofne, seven, Old English seofon; cognate with German sieben, Gothic sibun; akin to Old Irish secht, Welsh saith, Latin septem, Greek heptá, Polish siedem, Sanskrit saptá

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Example Sentences

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seven sevens

By 2018, the Krinskys had seven suppliers across China, churning out their $900 sofas.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 11, 2026

Anthropic’s seven founders each plan to cash out about $250 million in the company’s IPO, leaving them with stakes worth around $18 billion each.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 10, 2026

Sitting inside her tent, Islam Al Mobayed told AFP there were seven children there, five of them young.

From BBC ● Nov. 10, 2026

Sexton hit a three with 4:45 remaining in the fourth to put the Lakers up by seven.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 10, 2026

"She has only seven dogs left," my father said.

From "Black Star, Bright Dawn" by Scott O'Dell

The back row's new deal does not include the sort of dedicated time to train up for sevens that France captain Antoine Dupont took before Paris 2024, but the prospect has been raised with Saints.

From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026

The Carson Zone Pavilion is an open-air setting near the archery, track cycling, hockey, rugby sevens and tennis venues.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026

Pupil A gave evidence about the school team playing at the Rosslyn Park sevens tournament in London, 17-18 March 2024.

From BBC ● Apr. 21, 2026

The 29-year-old Olympic gold medallist in rugby sevens ruptured a cruciate knee ligament playing against Ireland in the last Six Nations in March.

From Barron's ● Jan. 22, 2026

We didn’t want to skew the graph with new data, and so didn’t mention that Desdemona was actually seventy-one, not ninety-one, and that she always confused sevens with nines.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides

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