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seven

seven

∞ 1.0
The number after six and before eight
  • numeral
  • /ˈsɛvən/
: siete
  • He read seven books during his summer vacation.
  • seven years
  • age seven
  • seven days

Well, Blue Bloods is going on for seven years, so not lately.

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Examples

  • Martin Shkreli was sentenced to seven years in prison.

  • She bought seven apples from the market.

  • That took about seven years from start to finish.

  • So I have seven kids, all went to college.

  • Now, let's Fast forward seven years to where we are today.

  • 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.

  • Seven local outlets have picked up the story of the blast.

  • 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

vii
vsseven
34 1.0

A Roman number that means seven

is the word form rather than a written numeral
VII
vsseven
1 1.0

A Roman numeral that stands for the number seven

is the word form rather than a written numeral
septenary
vsseven
1 9.9

A group of seven things or the number seven

is the common spoken form rather than a formal collective
heptad
vsseven
1 9.5

A group of seven things or the number seven

is the common spoken form rather than a collective term

Idioms

30 3.4

Happens all the time without stopping

Always ready to work or help, day and night

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

139 1.0

Lasts for seven days

9 3.4

All the seas and oceans of the world that people can travel by ship

Seven famous ancient buildings like the Great Pyramid and Hanging Gardens

seven iron
  • Specialized
3 5.9

A golf club with a slanted face for hitting high shots toward the green

A famous list of seven great buildings from ancient times

A major war from 1756 to 1763 between many European countries with battles in Europe and North America

Seven hills on which the ancient city of Rome was built

1 9.9

A card game where the first player to reach seven points wins

1 8.8

A playing card in a deck that shows seven dots

A gun that holds seven bullets and fires them without reloading

Surface Forms

seven cardinal word
7 cardinal digit

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'.