Definition of "seventeen" []

• The cardinal number equal to 16 + 1. (noun)
• The 17th in a set or sequence. (noun)

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• ""Here at Sidelines, we have what we call the seventeen second rule," said Laurie Whittaker, co-owner with Marty Kildea of Sidelines, the popular gay owned and operated Wilton Manors,"
• "Caloocan was supposed to contain seventeen thousand inhabitants."
• "There was an unusual concentration between 1987 and 2003, five in seventeen years."