seventh
Syllables: sev·enthUK/ˈsɛvnθ//ˈsɛvənθ/
seventh adjective: the ordinal form of the number seven.
Adjective
seventh (not comparable)
- The ordinal form of the number seven.
- Sozomenus who wrote above twelve hundred years agoe, in his Seaventh Book relates from his own knowledge, that in the Churches of Cyprus and Arabia (places neer to Jeruſalem, and with the firſt frequented by Apoſtles) they had Biſhops in every Village ; and what could thoſe be more then Preſbyters?1644, Dudley Diggs, The Unlawfulnesse of Subjects Taking up Armes against their Soveraigne, in what Case ſoever, page 158
- [H]e, a lollard indeed over his elbovv-cuſhion, in almoſt the ſeaventh part of 40. or 50. years teaches them ſcarce half the principles of religion; and his ſheep oft-times ſit the vvhile to as little purpoſe of benifiting as the ſheep in thir pues at Smithfield; […]1659, J[ohn] M[ilton], Considerations Touching the Likeliest Means to Remove Hirelings out of the Church. […], London: […] T[homas] N[ewcombe] for L[ivewell] Chapman […], →OCLC, pages 57–58
Noun
seventh (plural sevenths)
- The person or thing in the seventh position.
- He departs with the significant announcement that he will post at the gates six defenders, with himself as the seventh.1924, Herbert Weir Smyth, “V. The Seven Against Thebes”, in Aeschylean Tragedy, page 136
- One of seven equal parts of a whole.
- A tone of the seventh degree from a given tone, the interval between two such tones, or the two tones sounding in unison.
seventh meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
seventh in Hindi
- ordinal form of the number seven — see also 7th
- सातवां sātvā̃
- something in the seventh position
- सातवाँ sātvā̃
seventh in Tamil
- ordinal form of the number seven — see also 7th
- ஏழாம் ēḻām, ஏழாவது ēḻāvatu
seventh in Marathi
- seventh
- सातवे sātve
seventh in Urdu
- ordinal form of the number seven — see also 7th
- ساتواں sātvā̃
- something in the seventh position
- ساتواں sātvā̃
More languagesFewer languages
- seventh in Bengali
- সপ্তম śoptom
- seventh in Telugu
- ఏడవ ēḍava, ఏడో ēḍō
- seventh in Malayalam
- ഏഴാം ēḻāṁ, ഏഴാമത്തെ ēḻāmatte
- seventh in Kannada
- ಸಪ್ತಮ saptama
- seventh in Punjabi
- ਸਤਵਾਂ satvā̃
- seventh in Gujarati
- સાતમું sātmũ
- seventh in Sanskrit
- सप्तम saptama, सप्तमः saptamaḥ
- seventh in Sinhala
- හත්වැනි hatwæni
- seventh in Nepali
- सातौं sāta͠u
- seventh in Tagalog
- ikapito
- seventh in Arabic
- سَابِع sābiʕ, سَابِعَة sābiʕa, سُبْع subʕ
- seventh in Malay
- ketujuh
- seventh in Indonesian
- ketujuh
- seventh in Persian
- هفتم haftom
- seventh in Thai
- ที่เจ็ด tîi-jèt
- seventh in Vietnamese
- thứ bảy
- seventh in Myanmar
- သတ္တမ satta.ma.
Examples of seventh in a sentence
- [T]he law codes drafted in Athens in the late seventh and early sixth centuries were the work of individuals, Drakon and then Solon.1976, L[ilian] H[amilton] Jeffery, “Kylon and Drakon”, in Archaic Greece: The City-States, c. 700-500 b.c., New York, N.Y.: St. Martin’s...
- Intel usually brings out a new generation of processors every 12-18 months, and the Core range is now in its seventh generation.2017 January 19, Jack Schofield, “How can I tell if a PC processor is any good?”, in The Guardian:
- Consequently, in the initial position the white pieces and pawns are placed on the first and second ranks; the black pieces and pawns on the eighth and seventh ranks.2022, “2023 Laws of Chess”, in FIDE, page 21:
Synonyms of seventh
Forms of seventh
| plural | sevenths |
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Origin of seventh
From Middle English seventhe, sefte, from Old English seofoþa, from Proto-West Germanic *sebundō, from Proto-Germanic *sebundô. The -n-, lost in northern Proto-West Germanic, was later reinserted by analogy with seven, equivalent to seven + -th.
Words formed from seventh
- half-diminished seventh chord
- major seventh chord
- minor seventh chord
- seventh art
- seventh chord
- seventh cranial nerve
- seventh grade
- seventh grader
- seventh heaven
- seventh inning stretch
- seventhly
- seventh son of a seventh son
- the seventh water after kissel
- augmented seventh
- diminished seventh
- dominant seventh
- major seventh
- minor seventh
Phrases with seventh
- one seventh
- Seventh Day
- Seventh Month
- seventh chords
- seventh grades
- seventh graders
- major seventh chords
- minor seventh chords
- dominant seventh chord
- dominant seventh chords
- Double Seventh Festival
- diminished seventh chord
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Words that rhyme with seventh
Questions about seventh
- What does seventh mean?
- Seventh means the ordinal form of the number seven.
- What is seventh in Hindi?
- Seventh in Hindi is सातवां (sātvā̃), सातवाँ (sātvā̃). See Seventh meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use seventh in a sentence?
- [T]he law codes drafted in Athens in the late seventh and early sixth centuries were the work of individuals, Drakon and then Solon.
- What part of speech is seventh?
- Seventh can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce seventh?
- Seventh is pronounced /ˈsɛvnθ/ (UK).
Words near seventh in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: seventh (page history and authors); सातवे (Marathi) (page history and authors); ಸಪ್ತಮ (Kannada) (page history and authors); ਸਤਵਾਂ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); સાતમું (Gujarati) (page history and authors); सातौं (Nepali) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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