seven

[ sev-uhn ]

/ 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

Seuss, Dr., Sevan, Sevastopil, Sevastopol, sève, seven, Seven against Thebes, sevenbark, seven-card stud, seven deadly sins, seven-eleven

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How to use seven in a sentence

They’re pint-sized in comparison to a full-size office copier and weigh as little as six or seven pounds.
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TikTok is a significant business for Gallery Media, earning mid-seven-figures of revenue last year.
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In another report from September 2019, officials were described as “relieving” a couple in Dikan of their seven acres of grape fields.
Solar industry’s ties to China’s Xinjiang region raise specter of forced labor|Lily Kuo, Pei Lin Wu, Jeanne Whalen|June 24, 2021|Washington Post
Despite those costs, Shop Holiday is bringing in mid-seven-figures of revenue for its direct sold advertising business, which will account for 15% of the company’s overall fourth-quarter revenue.
The holiday shopping season is on and Bustle Digital Group is setting up shop virtually|Kayleigh Barber|November 5, 2020|Digiday

Health officials are advising attendees to “consider waiting” at least five to seven days past the event before getting tested for the coronavirus, because they could develop covid-19, the disease the virus causes, despite a negative test earlier on.
President’s blood oxygen levels dropped twice in recent days, doctors say|Derek Hawkins, Felicia Sonmez, Seung Min Kim, Hannah Knowles|October 5, 2020|Washington Post
Submission is set in a France seven years from now that is dominated by a Muslim president intent on imposing Islamic law.
Houellebecq’s Incendiary Novel Imagines France With a Muslim President|Pierre Assouline|January 9, 2015|DAILY BEAST
The Pentagon said Faal served in the Air Force for seven years, during which time he became a U.S. citizen.
The Shadowy U.S. Veteran Who Tried to Overthrow a Country|Jacob Siegel|January 6, 2015|DAILY BEAST
The Air Force has about seven pilots for every eight drone pilot slots, in other words.
Exclusive: U.S. Drone Fleet at ‘Breaking Point,’ Air Force Says|Dave Majumdar|January 5, 2015|DAILY BEAST
If you answered seven or more of these correctly, you are eligible for a lifetime supply of Metamucil.
The World’s Toughest Political Quiz|Jeff Greenfield|December 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Since the age of six or seven, Wendy Roome knew something was terribly wrong about her.
Inside A Finishing School for Transwomen|Sharon Adarlo|December 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The Seven-score and four on the six middle Bells, the treble leading, and the tenor lying behind every change, makes good Musick.
Tintinnalogia, or, the Art of Ringing|Richard Duckworth and Fabian Stedman
She began the study of drawing at the age of thirty, and her first attempt in oils was made seven years later.
Women in the fine arts, from the Seventh Century B.C. to the Twentieth Century A.D.|Clara Erskine Clement
Edwin Clayhanger invited me to go over the printing-works at half-past six, and it's twenty-five minutes to seven now.
Hilda Lessways|Arnold Bennett
In 1848 there were only seven priests in Birmingham, and but seventy in the whole diocese.
Showell's Dictionary of Birmingham|Thomas T. Harman and Walter Showell
At a quarter past seven he took his leave and we let drop our anchor where we were, off Cape Tekke.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I|Ian Hamilton

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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see at sixes and sevens; in seventh heaven.

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