seventeen
a cardinal number, 10 plus 7.
a symbol for this number, as 17 or XVII.
a set of this many persons or things.
amounting to 17 in number.
(initial capital letter, italics) a novel (1916) by Booth Tarkington.
Origin of seventeen
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How to use seventeen in a sentence
seventeen-year-old Edgar Gonzalez formed one half of the group Doble Filo.
seventeen-year-old Kai Dionne jumps into a half-frozen river to save his dog, Talia, and the 24-hour drama begins.
seventeen-year-old high school senior Julia Khoroshilov spent the past two weeks working for runway casting director Zan Casting.
Thousand bucks a movie, seventeen informative minutes in length.
Elmore Leonard’s Rocky Road to Fame and Fortune | Mike Lupica | September 13, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIn 1973, he was convicted on seventeen counts and sentenced to three years in federal prison.
A Brief History of the Phrase 'F*ck the Police' | Rich Goldstein | August 23, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
These words were uttered in a guarded whisper by a boy about seventeen years of age, to a great dog that stood by his side.
The Courier of the Ozarks | Byron A. DunnThere were only seventeen stations on the whole line, over which the first passenger train ran on Sept. 17.
Showell's Dictionary of Birmingham | Thomas T. Harman and Walter Showell"He 's getting well," thought Black Sheep, who knew the song through all its seventeen verses.
Kipling Stories and Poems Every Child Should Know, Book II | Rudyard KiplingThe duty was seventeen millions and a half pounds raised one foot high for each bushel of coals.
Life of Richard Trevithick, Volume II (of 2) | Francis TrevithickThat first report enumerates twelve pumping-engines, probably all of them Watt engines, averaging a duty of seventeen millions.
Life of Richard Trevithick, Volume II (of 2) | Francis Trevithick
British Dictionary definitions for seventeen
/ (ˈsɛvənˈtiːn) /
the cardinal number that is the sum of ten and seven and is a prime number: See also number (def. 1)
a numeral, 17, XVII, etc, representing this number
the amount or quantity that is seven more than ten
something represented by, representing, or consisting of 17 units
amounting to seventeen: seventeen attempts
(as pronoun): seventeen were sold
Origin of seventeen
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