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Webster 1913 Edition
Seventeenth
1.
Next in order after the sixteenth; coming after sixteen others.
In . . . the
seventeenth
day of the month . . . were all the fountains of the great deep broken up. Gen. vii. 11.
2.
Constituting or being one of seventeen equal parts into which anything is divided.
Sev′en-teenthˊ
,Noun.
1.
The next in order after the sixteenth; one coming after sixteen others.
2.
The quotient of a unit divided by seventeen; one of seventeen equal parts or divisions of one whole.
3.
(Mus.)
An interval of two octaves and a third.
Webster 1828 Edition
Seventeenth
SEV'ENTEENTH
,Adj.
On the seventeenth day of the second month- all the fountains of the great deep were broken up. Gen. 7.
Definition 2024
seventeenth
seventeenth
English
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| Cardinal : seventeen Ordinal : seventeenth Multiplier : seventeenfold | ||
Numeral
seventeenth
- (ordinal) The ordinal form of the number seventeen.
Usage notes
English ordinal numbers may function as either an adjective or as a noun, and almost never appear in the plural.
Abbreviations
- 17th, 17th; (in names of monarchs and popes) XVII
Translations
ordinal number
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Noun
seventeenth (plural seventeenths)
- (fractional) One of seventeen equal parts of a whole.
- A seventeeth of 340 is 20.
- (music) An interval of two octaves and a third.