seven

[ sev-uh n ]

/ ˈsɛv ən /

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noun

a cardinal number, 6 plus 1.

a symbol for this number, as 7 or VII.

a set of this many persons or things.

a playing card with seven pips.

sevens, (used with a singular verb) fan-tan(def 1).

adjective

amounting to seven in number.

Verb Phrases

seven out, crap²(def 3a).

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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

Words nearby seven

seurat, seuss, seuss, dr., sevan, sevastopol, seven, seven against thebes, seven deadly sins, seven hills, seven hills of rome, seven isles

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Example sentences from the Web for seven

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Since the age of six or seven, Wendy Roome knew something was terribly wrong about her.
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Seven States which passed ordinances of secession have been fully restored to their places in the Union.
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Four of the seven letters that constituted the whole correspondence are printed in the Mm.
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Broken in health and in fortune, he went to Colorado in 1879, where he remained seven years.
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Miss Winstead, the governess, resumed her letter, and a clock on the mantelpiece struck out seven silvery chimes.
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Still, however, he maintains a supremacy over six or seven medalled rivals, in despite of the intrigues of the traders.
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British Dictionary definitions for seven

seven

/ (ˈsɛvən) /

noun

the cardinal number that is the sum of six and one and is a prime numberSee also number (def. 1)

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

the amount or quantity that is one greater than six

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

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

determiner

amounting to sevenseven swans a-swimming
(as pronoun)you've eaten seven already Related prefixes: hepta-, septi-

Word Origin for seven

Old English seofon; related to Gothic sibun, German sieben, Old Norse sjau, Latin septem, Greek hepta, Sanskrit saptá

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seven

see at sixes and sevens; in seventh heaven.

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