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seven

seven

4 1.0
A set containing one more item than six
  • noun
  • /ˈsɛvən/
translation icon : grupo de siete
  • She bought seven apples at the market yesterday.
  • Seven Dwarfs

Examples

  • The Redskins have arguably one of the best front sevens in the NFL.

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  • People in Chad pumping out nearly seven children per woman.

  • So we use seven of these per day.

  • So we had six children, seven years old and under.

  • So the first five to seven years, it's just great.

  • So the first five to seven years is just great.

  • No pay rise for seven years for them and.

  • And, yeah, after seven years, it adds up.

  • These are available for in all seven of the solvers.

  • Let's talk about the seven reasons all diets fail.

Synonyms

septuplet
vsseven
1 7.7

A group of seven similar people or things, for example seven babies born together

is the general numeral or group term not limited to births
septet
vsseven
1 7.2

A group of seven people, often musicians or a piece for seven players

is broader and applies to counting and nonmusical groups
septenary
vsseven
9.9

A group of seven things or the number seven

is the everyday word for that number and group
heptad
vsseven
9.5

A group of seven things or the number seven

is the common term used more often in daily speech
sevensome
vsseven
  • Archaic
9.2

A group of seven people who act as one

is the general number word rather than a unit name
septette
vsseven
8.8

A group of seven people or things seen as one unit, often musicians

is the general counting term used beyond performance names

Idioms

2 3.4

Happens all the time without stopping

To keep trying after many failures no matter how often you fail

A way to say eighty-seven years ago, used by Abraham Lincoln at the start of the Gettysburg Address

Always ready to work or help, day and night

Compounds

103 1.0

Lasts for seven days

5 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

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 iron
  • Specialized
1 5.9

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

Seven hills on which the ancient city of Rome was built

A playing card in a deck that shows seven dots

A gun that holds seven bullets and fires them without reloading

9.9

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

How Many

hundred
1.0
ten
311 1.0
seven
4 1.0
five
1.0
two
1.0
one
1.0
zero
1.0

Surface Forms

seven singular
sevens plural

Etymology

Seven meaning a group of seven comes from the same old number word seen in Latin septem and in words like septet and September, so a 'seven' group is a set of seven people or things.