What does "seven" mean?
The digit/figure 7 or an occurrence thereof.
Seven
/ˈsɛvən/ name, noun, num, slang
name, noun, num, slang ·Moderate ·High school level
Meaning at a glance
- Primary sense: The digit/figure 7 or an occurrence thereof.
- Grammar: seven is listed as name, noun, num, slang.
- Nearest alternatives: 7, 7, cardinal number seven, cardinal numeral.
- Useful contrasts: eight.
- Usage evidence: The seven questions that an engineer has to ask himself are: who, what, when, where, why, how and how much.
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 The digit/figure 7 or an occurrence thereof. countable, uncountable
"He wrote three sevens on the paper."
- 2 one of four playing cards in a deck with seven pips on the face wordnet
- 3 A card bearing seven pips. countable
- 4 the cardinal number that is the sum of six and one wordnet
- 5 The soft drink 7 Up. countable, slang, uncountable
"a whisky and seven"
Adjective
- 1 being one more than six wordnet
Numeral
- 1 A numerical value equal to 7; the number following six and preceding eight. This many dots: (•••••••). Describing a group or set with seven elements.
"1 Now Iericho was straitly shut vp, because of the children of Israel: none went out, & none came in. 2 And the Lord said vnto Ioshua, See, I haue giuen into thine hand Iericho, and the King thereof, and the mighty men of valour. 3 And ye shall compasse the city, all yee men of warre, and goe round about the city once: thus shalt thou doe sixe dayes. 4 And seuen Priests shall beare before the Arke seuen trumpets of rams hornes: and the seuenth day yee shall compasse the city seuen times, and the Priests shall blow with the trumpets. 5 And it shall come to passe that when they make a long blast with the rammes-horne, and when ye heare the sound of the trumpet, all the people shall shout with a great shout: and the wall of the citie shall fall downe flat, and the people shall ascend vp euery man straight before him."
Proper Noun
- 1 A river in North Yorkshire, England that flows through Rosedale to join the Rye.
Synonyms
All synonyms 77cardinal number sevencardinal numeraldefinite numeraldefinite seven
Antonyms
Example
"The seven questions that an engineer has to ask himself are: who, what, when, where, why, how and how much."
Common questions
What is a synonym for "seven"?
Common synonyms include: 7, 7, cardinal number seven, cardinal numeral, definite numeral, definite seven.
How do you use "seven" in a sentence?
The seven questions that an engineer has to ask himself are: who, what, when, where, why, how and how much.
How do you pronounce "seven"?
Pronounced /ˈsɛvən/.
Etymology
PIE word *septḿ̥ From Middle English seven, from Old English seofon (“seven”), from Proto-West Germanic *sebun (“seven”), from Proto-Germanic *sebun (“seven”), from Proto-Indo-European *septḿ̥ (“seven”). Cognate with Scots seiven (“seven”), West Frisian sân (“seven”), Saterland Frisian soogen (“seven”), Low German söven (“seven”), Dutch zeven (“seven”), German sieben (“seven”), Danish syv (“seven”), Norwegian sju (“seven”), Icelandic sjö (“seven”), Latin septem (“seven”), Ancient Greek ἑπτά (heptá, “seven”), Russian семь (semʹ), Sanskrit सप्त (saptá).