seventeen

[sev-uhn-teen]

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.

adjective

1. amounting to 17 in number.

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

seventeen

/ 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

determiner

1. 1. amounting to seventeen

      seventeen attempts

   2. ( as pronoun )

      seventeen were sold

Word History and Origins

Origin of seventeen¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of seventeen¹

Old English seofontīene

Example Sentences

“He knows his presidency ends in seventeen months…why else would you rig the system?”

From Salon

Meanwhile, the feds have axed the National Survey on Drug Use and Health, the nation’s sole drug use survey, abruptly laying off all seventeen researchers on April 1.

From Salon

"There's seventeen different species of tree across the road," he said.

From BBC

But training can vary and includes practice with auditory discrimination too, such as how to distinguish separate sounds in words like seventy and seventeen, and free and three.

From BBC

“It has been seventeen years since The Black Parade was sent to the MOAT,” the band wrote Tuesday in a tour announcement on Instagram.

From Los Angeles Times