seven
Syllables: se·ven/ˈsɛvən/
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Australia/ˈsevən/
seven numeral: a numerical value equal to 7; the number following six and preceding eight.
Numeral
seven
- A numerical value equal to 7; the number following six and preceding eight.
- The cabbalism of the number seven is emphasized, for in hell seven judges at each of seven gates take one of these divine laws away from her.1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 175
- 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...1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Joshua 6:1–5 - The seven hampers for four boys and three girls were personalised to each patient, including overnight hotel stays, colouring books and self care items.2024 December 23, “Cancer survivor makes hampers for young patients”, in BBC
- 1 Now Iericho was straitly shut vp, because of the children of Israel: none went out, & none came in.
Noun
seven (countable and uncountable, plural sevens)
Proper noun capitalized: Seven
Seven
- A river in North Yorkshire, England that flows through Rosedale to join the Rye.
seven meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
seven in Hindi
- cardinal number 7
- सात sāt, सत sat, सप्त sapt
seven in Tamil
- cardinal number 7
- ஏழு ēḻu
seven in Marathi
- cardinal number 7
- सात sāt
seven in Urdu
- cardinal number 7
- سات sāt
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- seven in Bengali
- সাত śat
- seven in Telugu
- ఏడు ēḍu
- seven in Malayalam
- ഏഴു ēḻu, ഏഴ് ēḻŭ
- seven in Kannada
- ಏಳು ēḷu
- seven in Punjabi
- ਸੱਤ satta
- seven in Gujarati
- સાત sāt
- seven in Odia
- ସାତ sāta
- seven in Sanskrit
- सप्त saptá
- seven in Sinhala
- හත hata
- seven in Assamese
- সাত xat
- seven in Nepali
- सात sāt
- seven in Pashto
- اوه uwë
- seven in Tagalog
- pito
- seven in Arabic
- سَبْعَة sabʕa
- seven in Malay
- tujuh
- seven in Indonesian
- tujuh
- seven in Persian
- هَفت haft
- seven in Thai
- เจ็ด jèt
- seven in Vietnamese
- bảy
- seven in Myanmar
- ခုနစ် hku.nac
- Sindhi
- سَتَ sata
- Dhivehi
- ހަތް hat̊
- Dzongkha
- བདུན bdun
Examples of seven in a sentence
- Tiger finished the round at tenth, seven strokes behind the leaders.
- They're open twenty-four seven; you can go there any time you want.
- You're going to think I'm plum crazy for this, but I want to adopt all seven kittens.
Forms of seven
| Numeral | |
|---|---|
| alternative form | 7 |
| alternative form | VII |
| alternative form | sev'n |
| Noun | |
| plural | sevens |
Origin of seven
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).
Words formed from seven
- all sixes and sevens
- at six and seven
- at sixes and sevens
- city of seven hills
- cloud seven
- dance of the seven veils
- deuce-to-seven lowball
- four score and seven years ago
- four score seven years ago
- grade seven
- Group of Seven
- in the seven hells
- line of seven
- magnificent seven
- Mercury Seven
- number seven
- on cloud seven
- Our Lady of the Seven Dolors
- Our Lady of the Seven Sorrows
- rugby sevens
- seven and a half
- seven and seven
- seven-arm octopus
- seven arts
- sevenbark
- seven bells
- seven bells out of
- seven-card stud
- seven card stud
- seven come eleven
- seven-day wonder
- seven deadly sins
- seven dirty words
- seven-eighths
- seven eighths
- Sevener
- seven figures
- sevenfold
- seven-footer
- sevengill
- seven hells out of
- Seven Hills
- Seven Hills of Rome
- seven hundred
- seven iron
- sevenish
- Seven Islands
- seven last words
- seven-layer cake
- seven-layer dip
- seven-layer salad
- seven-league boot
- seven-league boots
- sevenless
- seven-level
- seven-level screwdriver
- sevenling
- seven minutes in heaven
- sevenness
- sevennight
Phrases with seven
- seven out
- Seven Oaks
- seven seas
- fifty seven
- forty seven
- Seven Dials
- Seven Kings
- Seven Sages
- seven seals
- Seven Stars
- sixty seven
- eighty seven
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- ninety seven
- Seven Devils
- seven shades
- thirty seven
- triple seven
- twenty seven
- Maguire Seven
- seven o'clock
- Seven Sisters
- seven virtues
- seventy seven
- Seven Brothers
- seven thousand
- the seven bells
- seven and sevens
- Seven Mile Beach
- Seven Years' War
- twenty-four seven
- heads up, seven up
- Seven Sleepers' Day
- thumbs up, seven up
- dances of the seven veils
- Seven Wonders of the World
- Edinburgh of the Seven Seas
- fourscore and seven years ago
- fall seven times, stand up eight
- Seven Wonders of the Ancient World
Words that rhyme with seven
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Questions about seven
- What does seven mean?
- Seven means a numerical value equal to 7; the number following six and preceding eight.
- What is seven in Hindi?
- Seven in Hindi is सात (sāt), सत (sat), सप्त (sapt). See Seven meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is seven?
- Seven can be a numeral, a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce seven?
- Seven is pronounced /ˈsɛvən/ (UK).
Words near seven in the dictionary
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