Seventeenth

//ˌsɛvənˈtiːnθ// adj, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    One of seventeen equal parts of a whole.

    "A seventeeth of 340 is 20."

  2. 2
    position 17 in a countable series of things wordnet
  3. 3
    An interval of two octaves and a third.
Adjective
  1. 1
    The ordinal form of the number seventeen. not-comparable

    "Mr. Edward Glasser maintains that this people existed from about the seventeenth century B.C., and that the Sabæans followed them in the occupancy of those regions."

Adjective
  1. 1
    coming next after the sixteenth in position wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
17th17th

Example

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"Much of London was destroyed in the seventeenth century."

Etymology

From Old English seofontēoþa, equivalent to seventeen + -th.

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