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

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

Example Sentences

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seven sevens

Skubal scattered three hits and struck out 10 in seven scoreless innings, which would have gone for naught without the Hernández and Pages home runs.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 26, 2026

That's still huge, with either seven or eight races still to go, and 25 points for a win.

From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026

The plan would reopen the Strait of Hormuz within seven days and pause fighting across the region while the two sides pursued broader negotiations.

From Salon ● Sep. 26, 2026

A shocked Campbell prayed on it, colleagues said, then moved his family of seven children to Washington from Texas in the summer last year after school let out.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2026

Then, after she had the seven yogurts on the counter, she lifted Sam out of the carriage and down to the floor.

From "All About Sam" by Lois Lowry

Pollock is keen to explore the possibility of representing Great Britain in rugby sevens at the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles.

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

During lockdown, Kildunne was part of Great Britain's sevens squad, training for an Olympic Games which was subsequently postponed until 2021.

From BBC ● Apr. 15, 2026

Thierry Henry was equal parts elegant and clinical, effortlessly eating up turf, striding through defences like a sixth-former schooling year sevens, scoring worldies and va va vindicating his spot here.

From BBC ● Mar. 3, 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