Seventeen

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    the cardinal number that is the sum of sixteen and one wordnet
Adjective
  1. 1
    being one more than sixteen wordnet
Numeral
  1. 1
    The cardinal number occurring after sixteen and before eighteen, represented in Roman numerals as XVII and in Arabic numerals as 17.

    "[T]he charge of my moſt curious, and coſtly ingredients fraide, amounting to ſome ſeaventeene thouſand crovvnes, a trifle in reſpect of health, vvriting your noble name in my Catalogue, I ſhall acknovvledge my ſelfe amply ſatisfi'd."

Synonyms

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1717xviixvii

Example

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"The class was made up of seventeen children."

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English seventene, from Old English seofontīene, from Proto-Germanic *sebuntehun. Cognate with Dutch zeventien, West Frisian santjin, German siebzehn, Danish sytten. Equivalent to seven + -teen

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