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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024sev•en•teen /ˈsɛvənˈtin/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- a cardinal number, 10 plus 7.
- a symbol for this number, as 17 or XVII.
- a set of this many persons or things.
adj. [before a noun] - amounting to 17 in number:seventeen summers ago.
sev•en•teenth, adj., n. [countable] WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024sev•en•teen (sev′ən tēn′),USA pronunciation n. - a cardinal number, 10 plus 7.
- a symbol for this number, as 17 or XVII.
- a set of this many persons or things.
adj. - amounting to 17 in number.
- Literature(cap., italics) a novel (1916) by Booth Tarkington.
- Middle English seventene, Old English seofontēne (cognate with Dutch zeventien, German siebzehn). See seven, -teen bef. 900
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: seventeen /ˈsɛvənˈtiːn/ n - the cardinal number that is the sum of ten and seven and is a prime number
- a numeral, 17, XVII, etc, representing this number
- the amount or quantity that is seven more than ten
- something represented by, representing, or consisting of 17 units
determiner - amounting to seventeen: seventeen attempts
- (as pronoun): seventeen were sold
Etymology: Old English seofontīene |