seventeen.html - {n. phr.}, {literary} The pinnacle of happiness. * /We were in seventh heaven when the helicopter flew us over the magnificent Grand Canyon./

seventeen.html - n. & adj.
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1 one more than sixteen, or seven more than ten.
2 a symbol for this (17, xvii, XVII).
3 a size etc. denoted by seventeen.

--adj.

that amount to seventeen.

seventeenth adj. & n. [OE seofontiene]

seventeen.html - n. & adj.
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1 the position in a sequence corresponding to the number 7 in the sequence 1-7.
2 something occupying this position.
3 one of seven equal parts of a thing.
4 Mus. a an interval or chord spanning seven consecutive notes in the diatonic scale (e.g. C to B). b a note separated from another by this interval.

--adj.

that is the seventh.

in seventh heaven see HEAVEN . Seventh-Day Adventists a staunchly protestant branch of the Adventists with beliefs based rigidly on faith and the Scriptures and the imminent return of Christ to earth, and observing the sabbath on Saturday.

seventhly adv.

seventeen.html - n. & adj.
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(pl. -ies)
1 the product of seven and ten.
2 a symbol for this (70, lxx, LXX).
3 (in pl.) the numbers from 70 to 79, esp. the years of a century or of a person's life.

--adj.

that amount to seventy.

seventy-first, -second , etc. the ordinal numbers between seventieth and eightieth. seventy-one, -two , etc. the cardinal numbers between seventy and eighty.

seventieth adj. & n. seventyfold adj. & adv. [OE -seofontig]

seventeen.html - See: AT SIXES AND SEVENS.

seventeen.html - {n. phr.}, {literary} The pinnacle of happiness. * /We were in seventh heaven when the helicopter flew us over the magnificent Grand Canyon./