seven
//ˈsɛvən//
Forms
- Plural
- sevens
Definitions
1.The digit/figure 7 or an occurrence thereof.
- He wrote three sevens on the paper.
2.The soft drink 7 Up.(slang)
- Five times seven is thirty-five.
3.A card bearing seven pips.
- Five times seven is thirty-five.
1.A numerical value equal to 7; the number following six and preceding eight. This many dots: (•••••••). Describing a group or set with seven elements.
- The seven hampers for four boys and three girls were personalised to each patient, including overnight hotel stays, colouring books and self care items.
- The cabbalism of the number seven is emphasized, for in hell seven judges at each of seven gates take one of these divine laws away from her.
Frequency
Overall
Common· #867
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Uncommon
- General reading & writing
- Common
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
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Word family
Etymology
PIE word
*septḿ̥
From Middle English seven, from Old English seofon (“seven”), from Proto-West Germanic *sebun (“seven”), from Proto-Germanic *sebun (“seven”), from Proto-Indo-European *septḿ̥ (“seven”).