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[ sev-uhn-teenth ] / ˈsɛv ənˈtinθ /
adjectivenext after the sixteenth; being the ordinal number for 17. being one of 17 equal parts. nouna seventeenth part, especially of one (1/17). the seventeenth member of a series. Origin of seventeenthbefore 900; seventeen + -th2; replacing Middle English seventethe,Old English seofontēotha. (see seven, tithe) Words nearby seventeenthseven-segment display, seven-seven, Seven Sleepers, seven-spot, seventeen, seventeenth, Seventeenth Amendment, seventeen-year locust, seventh, Seventh Amendment, Seventh Avenue Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for seventeenthOn the short seventeenth, his tee shot stopped six feet from the pin. Portrait of the Consummate Con Man|John Lardner|May 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, upon the mountains of Ararat. The Story of Noah's Ark From the Bible’s Book of Genesis|The Daily Beast|March 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST The regional frictions transplanted from England in the seventeenth century are still alive. America’s Long-Simmering, Semi-Civil Civil War|Lloyd Green|October 2, 2013|DAILY BEAST We might usefully begin by repealing the Seventeenth Amendment and returning the selection of Senators to the state legislatures. A Tea Party Shock to the System|Stephen L. Carter|August 1, 2011|DAILY BEAST
Then in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, as the cultivation of science became more general, royal academies were founded. The Popular Science Monthly, October, 1900|Various Still unfinished, the Turkish conquest having interrupted its progress, with all other in the seventeenth century. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 121, November, 1867|Various During the seventeenth century Indian money (wampum) was much used by the colonists, especially in their trade with the Indians. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 14|Various Long after dusk on the evening of the seventeenth it was found that the gates were open and that the keys had disappeared. The History of England from the Accession of James II.|Thomas Babington Macaulay Another French gambist of distinction in the seventeenth century was Antoine Forqueray. The Violoncello and Its History|Wilhelm Joseph von Wasielewski
British Dictionary definitions for seventeenth
adjective(usually prenominal) - coming after the sixteenth in numbering or counting order, position, time, etc; being the ordinal number of seventeen: often written 17th
- (as noun)the ship docks on the seventeenth
noun- one of 17 approximately equal parts of something
- (as modifier)a seventeenth part
the fraction equal to one divided by 17 (1/17) Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |