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Webster 1913 Edition


Seventeen

Sev′en-teenˊ

,
Adj.
[OE.
seventene
, AS.
seofontȳne
, i. e.,
seven-ten
. Cf.
Seventy
.]
One more than sixteen; ten and seven added;
as,
seventeen
years
.

Sev′en-teenˊ

,
Noun.
1.
The number greater by one than sixteen; the sum of ten and seven; seventeen units or objects.
2.
A symbol denoting seventeen units, as 17, or xvii.

Webster 1828 Edition


Seventeen

SEV'ENTEEN

,
Adj.
[seven-ten.] Seven and ten.

Definition 2024


seventeen

seventeen

English

English numbers
 <  16 17 18  > 
    Cardinal : seventeen
    Ordinal : seventeenth
    Multiplier : seventeenfold

Alternative forms

  • Arabic numerals: 17. Roman numerals: XVII

Numeral

seventeen

  1. The cardinal number occurring after sixteen and before eighteen, represented in Roman numerals as XVII and in Arabic numerals as 17.

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