seventh

 
Pronunciation: /ˈsɛv(ə)nθ/

ordinal number

  • 1constituting number seven in a sequence; 7th: his seventh goal of the season the seventh of June he was the seventh of eight children
  • the seventh finisher or position in a race or competition: Jo Richardson came seventh
  • seventhly (used to introduce a seventh point or reason).
  • Music an interval spanning seven consecutive notes in a diatonic scale.
  • Music the note which is higher by a seventh than the tonic of a diatonic scale or root of a chord.
  • Music a chord in which the seventh note of the scale forms an important component.
  • 2each of seven equal parts into which something is or may be divided.

Phrases

in seventh heaven

see heaven.

Derivatives

seventhly

adverb