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seven

Pronunciation: /ˈsɛv(ə)n/

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Definition of seven

number

  • equivalent to the sum of three and four; one more than six, or three less than ten; 7:two sevens are fourteen the remaining seven were sentenced to terms of imprisonment (Roman numeral: vii or VII)
  • a group or unit of seven people or things:animals were offered for sacrifice in sevens
  • seven years old:my mother died when I was seven
  • seven o’clock:the meeting doesn’t finish until seven
  • a size of garment or other merchandise denoted by seven.
  • a playing card with seven pips.
  • (sevens) seven-a-side rugby.

Phrases

the seven deadly sins

(in Christian tradition) the sins of pride, covetousness, lust, anger, gluttony, envy, and sloth.

the seven seas

all the oceans of the world (conventionally listed as the Arctic, Antarctic, North Pacific, South Pacific, North Atlantic, South Atlantic, and Indian Oceans).

the seven-year itch

a supposed tendency to infidelity after seven years of marriage: we’ve been together eight years now, so we’re over the seven-year itch

Origin:

Old English seofon, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch zeven and German sieben, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin septem and Greek hepta

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