sevens
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- noun
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siete
- With the Emirates airline Dubai Rugby Sevens and Dubai International Film Festival lined up in Dubai's calendar over the next two months, we expect to see the robust growth continue through the remainder of the.
Examples
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The Olympics is adding Rugby Sevens (7v7 rugby) for Rio.
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In the garden, the kids gathered around to play sevens with their colorful cards.
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Two double Seven and Sevens.
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Sevens are not good now.
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Ronny, you thinking about... thinking about getting that Lucky Sevens license back?
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Ace of Sevens
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MakkaFek: I came out with the Tongan Sevens side, but pulled out because I wanted to stay and study, and also play some footy.
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During family game night, we enjoyed a lively match of sevens until everyone had played their cards.
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After learning how to play sevens, they quickly became competitive in their card games.
Synonyms
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A card game where players play sevens and suit sequences to finish their cards
A card game where players start with sevens then add cards to suit sequences to use all cards first
Idioms
- Informal
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A confused, disorganized state where people do not know what to do
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Sevens comes from the card seven, meaning '7', because the game begins when players put down the sevens and then add cards in order by suit, so the name points to the cards that start the play.