seven
- numeral
- /ˈsɛvən/
- He read seven books during his summer vacation.
- seven years
- age seven
- seven days
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Watch on YouTubeWell, Blue Bloods is going on for seven years, so not lately.
- Well, Blue Bloods is going on for seven years, so not lately.
- Martin Shkreli was sentenced to seven years in prison.
- So I'm going to go from the the C minor seven, OK, Phrygian.
- I would have been fine, but I'd spent seven years locked up.
- Sam passed about six or seven months ago in Los Angeles.
- Anyway, my best, my best friend went away for seven years, my best best friend.
- Oh, God, me and seven authentic African pygmy dancers.
Examples
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Martin Shkreli was sentenced to seven years in prison.
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She bought seven apples from the market.
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That took about seven years from start to finish.
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So I have seven kids, all went to college.
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Now, let's Fast forward seven years to where we are today.
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The launch date is expected to be at least seven years later than the date set in 2004.
Academic text (2011) -
Z spends an average of seven hours a day on their phones.
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Seven local outlets have picked up the story of the blast.
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The other mentor was an African American male with seven years of experience as an eighth-grade science teacher.
Academic text (2011) -
There are seven days in a week.
Synonyms
A Roman numeral that stands for the number seven
A group of seven things or the number seven
A group of seven things or the number seven
Idioms
- Archaic
A way to say eighty-seven years ago, used by Abraham Lincoln at the start of the Gettysburg Address
To keep trying after many failures no matter how often you fail
Compounds
Seven famous ancient buildings like the Great Pyramid and Hanging Gardens
- Specialized
A golf club with a slanted face for hitting high shots toward the green
A major war from 1756 to 1763 between many European countries with battles in Europe and North America
Surface Forms
Etymology
Seven comes from a very old number word found in Latin septem and Greek hepta, and you can see it in September, which once meant the 'seventh month'. So seven is the number '7'.