seventeen

American  

[sev-uhn-teen] / ˈsɛv ənˈtin /

noun

1. a cardinal number, 10 plus 7.

2. a symbol for this number, as 17 or XVII.

3. a set of this many persons or things.

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adjective

1. amounting to 17 in number.

2. (initial capital letter, italics) a novel (1916) by Booth Tarkington.

seventeen British  

/ ˈsɛvənˈtiːn /

noun

1. the cardinal number that is the sum of ten and seven and is a prime number See also number

2. a numeral, 17, XVII, etc, representing this number

3. the amount or quantity that is seven more than ten

4. something represented by, representing, or consisting of 17 units

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determiner

1. 1. amounting to seventeen

      seventeen attempts

   2. ( as pronoun )

      seventeen were sold

Etymology

Origin of seventeen

before 900; Middle English seventene, Old English seofontēne (cognate with Dutch zeventien, German siebzehn ). See seven, -teen

Example Sentences

“Thought you had to be seventeen to join,” I say to him.

From Literature

“I’m just saying it would be nice if we lived someplace where the closest first-run movie theater wasn’t seventeen hours away by train,” George groused.

From Literature

My brother Jeremiah died of the fever when he was seventeen.

From Literature

Across the state, “the policies apply to children as young as two and as old as seventeen,” U.S.

From Los Angeles Times

When the young black poet Amanda Gorman became an international success after reading her poem “The Hill We Climb” at Biden’s inauguration, seventeen publishers quickly bought the rights.

From The Wall Street Journal