The seventh item in a series is the one that you count as number seven.
I was the seventh child in a family of 11.
2. fraction
A seventh is one of seven equal parts of something.
A million people died, a seventh of the population.
seventh in British English
(ˈsɛvənθ)
adjective
1. (usually prenominal)
a.
coming after the sixth and before the eighth in numbering or counting order, position, time, etc; being the ordinal number of seven: often written 7th
b.
(as noun)
she left on the seventh
he was the seventh to arrive
noun
2.
a.
one of seven equal or nearly equal parts of an object, quantity, measurement, etc
b.
(as modifier)
a seventh part
3.
the fraction equal to one divided by seven (1⁄7)
4. music
a.
the interval between one note and another seven notes away from it counting inclusively along the diatonic scale
b.
one of two notes constituting such an interval in relation to the other
See also major (sense 14), minor (sense 4), interval (sense 5)
c. short for seventh chord
adverb
5. Also: seventhly
after the sixth person, position, event, etc
sentence connector
6. Also: seventhly
as the seventh point: linking what follows to the previous statements, as in a speech or argument
seventh in American English
(ˈsɛvənθ)
adjective
1.
preceded by six others in a series; 7th
2.
designating any of the seven equal parts of something
noun
3.
the one following the sixth
4.
any of the seven equal parts of something; 1⁄7
5. Music
a.
the seventh tone of an ascending diatonic scale, or a tone six degrees above or below any given tone in such a scale; leading tone; subtonic
b.
the interval between two such tones, or a combination of them
c.
the chord formed by any tone and the third, fifth, and seventh of which it is the fundamental
: in full seventh chord
adverb
6.
in the seventh place, rank, group, etc.
Derived forms
seventhly (ˈseventhly)
adverb
Word origin
ME seventhe, a new formation < seoven + -th, replacing OE seofande (akin to Ger siebente) & seofotha
More idioms containing
seventh
in seventh heaven
Examples of 'seventh' in a sentence
seventh
Saisse followed him into the lift and pressed the button for the seventh floor.
MacNeill, Alastair CODE BREAKER (2002)
At parties she had chosen him always, and just after his seventh birthday he had asked her to marry him.
Haines, Pamela THE GOLDEN LION (2002)
He took the lift to the seventh floor, to Advocates ' Chambers.
Davis, John Gordon SEIZE THE RECKLESS WIND (2002)
The freight elevators were used to cart bodies up to the anatomy crypt on the seventh floor.
Gregg Andrew Hurwitz DO NO HARM (2002)
In other languages
seventh
British English: seventh /ˈsɛvnθ/ ADJECTIVE
The seventh item in a series is the one that you count as number seven.
I was the seventh child in the family.
American English: seventh
Arabic: سَابِع
Brazilian Portuguese: sétimo
Chinese: 第七个
Croatian: sedmi
Czech: sedmý
Danish: syvende
Dutch: zevende
European Spanish: séptimo
Finnish: seitsemäs
French: septième
German: siebter
Greek: έβδομος
Italian: settimo
Japanese: 七番目の
Korean: 일곱 번째의
Norwegian: sjuende
Polish: siódmy
European Portuguese: sétimo
Romanian: al șaptelea
Russian: седьмой
Latin American Spanish: séptimo
Swedish: sjunde
Thai: ที่เจ็ด
Turkish: yedinci
Ukrainian: сьомий
Vietnamese: thứ bảy thứ tự
British English: seventh /ˈsɛvnθ/ NOUN
A seventh is one of seven equal parts of something.
...a seventh of the population.
American English: seventh
Arabic: سُبْع
Brazilian Portuguese: sétimo
Chinese: 七分之一 fraction
Croatian: sedmina
Czech: sedmina
Danish: syvendedel
Dutch: zevende
European Spanish: séptimo
Finnish: seitsemäsosa
French: septième
German: Siebter
Greek: έβδομο
Italian: settimo
Japanese: 七番目
Korean: 7분의 1
Norwegian: sjuendedel
Polish: siódma
European Portuguese: sétimo
Romanian: șeptime
Russian: седьмой одна седьмая часть
Latin American Spanish: séptimo
Swedish: sjundedel
Thai: ลำดับที่เจ็ด
Turkish: yedinci
Ukrainian: сьома частина
Vietnamese: một phần bảy
All related terms of 'seventh'
seventh-day
of the seventh day ( Saturday )
major seventh
a chord much used in modern music, esp jazz and pop, consisting of a major triad with an added major seventh above the root
minor seventh
a chord consisting of a minor triad with an added minor seventh above the root
seventh chord
a chord consisting of a triad with a seventh added above the root
seventh grade
(in the US) the seventh year of school, when students are 11 to 13 years old
seventh-grader
a student in the seventh year of school, usually 11 to 13 years old
seventh heaven
If you say that you are in seventh heaven , you mean that you are in a state of complete happiness.
diminished seventh
a chord often used in an enharmonic modulation and very common in modern music, esp jazz and pop music, consisting of a diminished triad with an added diminished seventh above the root
in seventh heaven
extremely happy
major seventh chord
a chord much used in modern music, esp jazz and pop, consisting of a major triad with an added major seventh above the root
minor seventh chord
a chord consisting of a minor triad with an added minor seventh above the root
Seventh-Day Adventist
Seventh Day Adventist churches are churches that believe that Jesus Christ will return very soon , and that have Saturday as their holy day.
diminished seventh chord
a chord often used in an enharmonic modulation and very common in modern music, esp jazz and pop music, consisting of a diminished triad with an added diminished seventh above the root
dominant seventh chord
a chord consisting of the dominant and the major third, perfect fifth , and minor seventh above it. Its most natural resolution is to a chord on the tonic