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sev·en
I. \ˈsevən, ˈsevəm, ˈsebəm\ adjective
Etymology: Middle English, adjective & pron., from Old English seofon; akin to Old High German & Gothic sibun seven, Old Norse sjau, Latin septem, Greek hepta, Sanskrit sapta
: being one more than six in number
< seven years >
— see number table
II. pronoun, plural in construction
Etymology: Middle English
: seven countable persons or things not specified but under consideration and being enumerated
< seven are here >
< seven were found >
III. noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English, from seven, adjective & pron.
1. : one more than six
2.
a. : seven units or objects
< a total of seven >
b. : a group or set of seven
< arranged by sevens >
3.
a. : the numerable quantity symbolized by the arabic numeral 7
b. : the figure 7
4. : seven o'clock — compare bell table, time illustration
5. : a score in a dice game made by throwing with usually two dice any combination of numbers that totals seven (as 4 and 3, 5 and 2, 6 and 1)
< has great luck throwing sevens >
— see craps
6. : the seventh in a set or series: as
a. : a playing card marked to show that it is seventh in a suit
b. : an article of clothing of the seventh size
< wears a seven >
c. : the rower behind the stroke in an 8-oared boat
< is a strong seven on the crew >
7. : something having as an essential feature seven units or members; especially : an English trochaic meter with seven syllables to the line and typically four lines to the stanza — usually used in plural
< a poem in sevens >
IV. intransitive verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
: to cast a seven in craps
< the man sevened — A.B.Guthrie >
— often used with out
< has just sevened out with the dice — Florabel Muir > |