seventh
//ˈsɛvnθ//
Forms
- Plural
- sevenths
Definitions
1.The ordinal form of the number seven.
- Intel usually brings out a new generation of processors every 12-18 months, and the Core range is now in its seventh generation.
- Consequently, in the initial position the white pieces and pawns are placed on the first and second ranks; the black pieces and pawns on the eighth and seventh ranks.
1.One of seven equal parts of a whole.
2.The person or thing in the seventh position.
- He departs with the significant announcement that he will post at the gates six defenders, with himself as the seventh.
3.A tone of the seventh degree from a given tone, the interval between two such tones, or the two tones sounding in unison.
Frequency
Overall
Rare· #4371
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Rare
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
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Etymology
From Middle English seventhe, sefte, from Old English seofoþa, from Proto-West Germanic *sebundō, from Proto-Germanic *sebundô.
The -n-, lost in northern Proto-West Germanic, was later reinserted by analogy with seven, equivalent to seven + -th.