seventeenth
- noun
- /ˌsɛvənˈtiːnθ/
- Her fortune exceeds $23 billion, placing her seventeenth on Forbes Magazine's list of billionaires worldwide.
- seventeenth and eighteenth
- late seventeenth
- seventeenth through nineteenth
Examples
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The grand jury would consider the complaint against Laurie on Monday the seventeenth.
Fiction book (1992) -
I saw my breakfast: the breakfast I ate at the Kettle on Harrison Street on the morning of the seventeenth.
Fiction book (1997) -
Your birthday is September seventeenth.
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"I shall read from an entry dated February seventeenth of that year:
Fiction book (1993) -
The seventeenth, which I organized on behalf of the Holy See, was held in New York in 2001.
Academic text (2014) -
And where were you the night of the seventeenth, ma'am?
Fiction book (2000) -
One was the Western Airlines employee who had checked in his bag on the morning of the seventeenth.
Fiction book (1997) -
Lawyer: Thomas Sawyer, where were you on the seventeenth of June at midnight?
Fiction book (2001) -
On the evening of the seventeenth, as the Union forces moved on Adairsville, Johnston met with his corps commanders.
Academic text (2007) -
My uncle's birthday is on seventeenth of April.
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Etymology
Seventeenth is the ordinal form of seventeen (from seven + teen, with teen meaning 'ten') and the ending -th marks it as a position. So it names the seventeenth place in a list, the position number 17.