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seventeen


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Definition of seventeen

number

  • one more than sixteen, or seven more than ten; 17:seventeen years later a list of names, seventeen in all (Roman numeral xvii or XVII)
  • seventeen years old:he joined the Marines at seventeen
  • a size of garment or other merchandise denoted by seventeen.
  • a set or team of seventeen individuals.

Derivatives

seventeenth

number

Origin:

Old English seofontīene, from the Germanic base of seven

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