seventeen
noun
sev·en·teen ˌse-vən-ˈtēn 
ˌse-bᵊm-
: a number that is one more than 16 see Table of Numbers
seventeen adjective
seventeen pronoun, plural in construction
seventeenth
ˌse-vən-ˈtēn(t)th
adjective or noun ˌse-bᵊm-
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web The signature aria calls for nine impossibly effortless high Cs, and Pavarotti received a record seventeen curtain calls. 
Reagan Alexander, PEOPLE.com, 13 June 2019 One day, a nervous kid of about seventeen showed up, carrying a bucket full of cleaning supplies. Adrian Chen, The New Yorker, 8 Dec. 2014 Unlike other U.S. networks, which would commonly dedicate fifteen-to-seventeen minutes of ad time per hour, AJAM sold just six. Jessica Loudis, New Republic, 20 June 2017 Hayange, where unemployment is seventeen per cent, used to be a bastion of the left, but its political landscape is in flux. Lauren Collins, The New Yorker, 8 May 2017
Reagan Alexander, PEOPLE.com, 13 June 2019 One day, a nervous kid of about seventeen showed up, carrying a bucket full of cleaning supplies. Adrian Chen, The New Yorker, 8 Dec. 2014 Unlike other U.S. networks, which would commonly dedicate fifteen-to-seventeen minutes of ad time per hour, AJAM sold just six. Jessica Loudis, New Republic, 20 June 2017 Hayange, where unemployment is seventeen per cent, used to be a bastion of the left, but its political landscape is in flux. Lauren Collins, The New Yorker, 8 May 2017 Word History
Etymology
seventeen, adjective, from Middle English seventene, from Old English seofontēne; akin to Old English tīen ten
First Known Use
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above
Phrases Containing seventeen
Kids Definition
seventeen 1 of 2
adjective
sev·en·teen ˌse-vən-ˈtēn
: being one more than 16
seventeen
2 of 2noun
: one more than 16 : 17