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

The only one of her seventeen siblings able to obtain an education, she found knowledge to be so valuable that she shared what she was learning with everyone around her.

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Released in April, the song is two minutes and seventeen seconds of aggressively chaotic beat drops, juddering synths and gang vocals.

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The prince, who was then 41, "guessed correctly: seventeen", Ms Giuffre said.

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His network's assets include a £100m office building on central London, a £12m mansion in North London and seventeen flats in the city, said the UK foreign office on Tuesday.

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

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