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seven

seven

114 1.0
A set containing one more item than six
  • noun
  • /ˈsɛvən/
: 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

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
1 9.9

A group of seven things or the number seven

is the everyday word for that number and group
heptad
vsseven
1 9.5

A group of seven things or the number seven

is the common term used more often in daily speech
sevensome
vsseven
  • Archaic
1 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
septuplet
vsseven
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

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

How Many

hundred
∞ 1.0
ten
334 1.0
seven
114 1.0
five
∞ 1.0
two
∞ 1.0
one
∞ 1.0
zero
465 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.