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[ sev -uh n ] SHOW IPA
/ ˈsɛv ən / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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noun a cardinal number, 6 plus 1.
a symbol for this number, as 7 or VII.
a set of this many persons or things.
a playing card with seven pips.
sevens, (used with a singular verb ) fan-tan (def. 1).
SEE MORE SEE LESS adjective amounting to seven in number.
Verb Phrases seven out, crap2 (def. 3a).
Origin of seven before 900; Middle English seoven (e ), seofne, seven, Old English seofon; cognate with German sieben, Gothic sibun; akin to Old Irish secht, Welsh saith, Latin septem, Greek heptá, Polish siedem, Sanskrit saptá
Words nearby seven Seuss, Seuss, Dr., Sevan, Sevastopol, sève, seven , Seven against Thebes, sevenbark, seven-card stud, seven deadly sins, seven-eleven
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Example sentences from the Web for seven Submission is set in a France seven years from now that is dominated by a Muslim president intent on imposing Islamic law.
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The Pentagon said Faal served in the Air Force for seven years, during which time he became a U.S. citizen.
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The Air Force has about seven pilots for every eight drone pilot slots, in other words.
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If you answered seven or more of these correctly, you are eligible for a lifetime supply of Metamucil.
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Since the age of six or seven , Wendy Roome knew something was terribly wrong about her.
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Seven States which passed ordinances of secession have been fully restored to their places in the Union.
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Four of the seven letters that constituted the whole correspondence are printed in the Mm.
History of the Rise of the Huguenots | Henry Baird
Broken in health and in fortune, he went to Colorado in 1879, where he remained seven years.
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Miss Winstead, the governess, resumed her letter, and a clock on the mantelpiece struck out seven silvery chimes.
Still, however, he maintains a supremacy over six or seven medalled rivals, in despite of the intrigues of the traders.
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British Dictionary definitions for seven noun the cardinal number that is the sum of six and one and is a prime number See also number (def. 1)
a numeral, 7, VII, etc, representing this number
the amount or quantity that is one greater than six
anything representing, represented by, or consisting of seven units, such as a playing card with seven symbols on it
Also called: seven o'clock seven hours after noon or midnight
determiner amounting to seven seven swans a-swimming (as pronoun ) you've eaten seven already Related prefixes: hepta-, septi- Word Origin for seven Old English seofon; related to Gothic sibun, German sieben, Old Norse sjau, Latin septem, Greek hepta, Sanskrit saptá
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Idioms and Phrases with seven see at sixes and sevens; in seventh heaven.
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Words related to seven septenary, hebdomad, heptad, septemviral, septennial, septuple, septuplicate