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Definition of "seven" []

  • The cardinal number equal to 6 + 1. (noun)
  • The seventh in a set or sequence. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "seven" in a sentence
  • "Since it is necessary that seven plus two is greater than seven, when the number nine is referred to as ˜seven plus two™ it is essentially greater than seven."
  • "Whereupon the Bishop wrote that he "felt persuaded that there were not above seven of any note who did not conform themselves" to the church ordinances; while the Vicar said he "did not know of _half seven_ of any note but do the like.""
  • "“A farthing a day is seven shillings a year, ” answered the M.P.; “seven shillings a year is the interest of seven guineas."