sevur.html - See: AT SIXES AND SEVENS.

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

sevur.html - n. & adj.
--n.

1 one more than six, or three less than ten; the sum of four units and three units.
2 a symbol for this (7, vii, VII).
3 a size etc. denoted by seven.
4 a set or team of seven individuals.
5 the time of seven o'clock (is it seven yet?).
6 a card with seven pips.

--adj.

that amount to seven.

the seven deadly sins the sins of pride, covetousness, lust, anger, gluttony, envy, and sloth. the seven seas the oceans of the world: the Arctic, Antarctic, N. Pacific, S. Pacific, N. Atlantic, S. Atlantic, and Indian Oceans. the seven wonders of the world see WONDER . seven year itch a supposed tendency to infidelity after seven years of marriage. [OE seofon f. Gmc]

sevur.html - adj. & adv.
1 seven times as much or as many.
2 consisting of seven parts.

sevur.html - n. & adj.
--n.

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]

sevur.html - n. & adj.
--n.

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.