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seventeenth

seventeenth

2 1.0
The position after the sixteenth in a sequence
  • noun
  • /ˌsɛvənˈtiːnθ/
translation icon : decimoséptimo
  • 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

  • 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.

  • "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.

Synonyms

17th
vsseventeenth
108 1.0

Number seventeen in a list or order

is the same position but written as a word rather than symbols
XVII
vsseventeenth
2 6.7

A Roman numeral meaning seventeen

refers to the position in order rather than the numeric symbol

Surface Forms

seventeenth singular
seventeenths plural

Morphology

seventeenth = seventeen (transparent) = seventeen + th

Regular nominal use of the ordinal formed with '-th' from the cardinal 'seventeen'; the derivation is straightforward.

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.