Seven
['sev(ə)n] or ['sɛvn]
Definition
(noun.) the cardinal number that is the sum of six and one.
(adj.) being one more than six .
Edited by Kelsey--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) One more than six; six and one added; as, seven days make one week.
(n.) The number greater by one than six; seven units or objects.
(n.) A symbol representing seven units, as 7, or vii.
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Definition
adj. and n. six and one.—adj. Sev′en-fold folded seven times: multiplied seven times.—n. Sev′en-night seven days and nights: a week the time from one day of the week to the same again—also contr. Sennight (sen′nīt).—adj. Sev′enth last of seven next after the sixth.—n. one of seven equal parts.—adv. Sev′enthly.—Seven cardinal chief or principal virtues (see Cardinal); Seven champions of Christendom St George for England St Andrew for Scotland St Patrick for Ireland St David for Wales St Denis for France St James for Spain St Anthony for Italy; Seven deadly sins pride covetousness lust anger gluttony envy and sloth; Seven dolours of the Blessed Virgin Mary (see Dolour); Seven free arts (see Arts); Seven gifts of the Holy Ghost wisdom understanding counsel ghostly strength or fortitude knowledge godliness and the fear of the Lord; Seven sages or wise men Solon of Athens Thales of Miletus Pittacus of Mitylene Bias of Priene in Caria Chilon of Sparta Cleobulus tyrant of Lindus in Rhodes and Periander tyrant of Corinth; Seven Sleepers seven Christian youths at Ephesus who took refuge in a cave about 250 A.D. in the persecution of Decius were walled up by their pursuers fell into a deep sleep and only awoke in 447 under Theodosius II.; Seven stars the Sun Moon Mercury Venus Mars Jupiter and Saturn: the constellation Ursa Major: the Pleiades; Seven wise masters the most common title given to a famous medieval collection of stories grouped round a central story of the birth education and trials of a young prince. Accused like Joseph he is sentenced to death but each one of the seven viziers gains a day out of the fated seven during which the prince may not open his mouth by two tales against women. At the end of the seventh day the prince is free to speak and quickly clears his character; Seven wonders of the world the Pyramids of Egypt the Hanging (i.e. terraced) Gardens of Babylon the Temple of Diana at Ephesus the Statue of Jupiter at Athens by Phidias the Mausoleum erected by Artemisia at Halicarnassus the Colossus at Rhodes and the Pharos of Alexandria; Seven years' war (1756-63) the third and severest struggle for the possession of Silesia between Frederick the Great and the Empress Maria Theresa together with the allies on both sides; it gave Silesia to Frederick and to England the mastery of North America and India.
Typist: Melville
Examples
- I happen to know that he paid seven hundred pounds to a footman for a note two lines in length, and that the ruin of a noble family was the result. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- With its sharp clear bell it strikes three quarters after seven and ticks on again. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- I had seven different schemes for getting a glimpse of that telegram, but I could hardly hope to succeed the very first time. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- The shoes are then covered with a coat of rubber varnish, and are put into cars and run into the vulcanizing ovens, where they remain from six to seven hours at a temperature of about 275°. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- These engines weigh as much as 31 tons, which is seven times more than the weight of the Rocket. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- He had only to describe himself as a seven months' child. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- When the maid entered, about seven, there the unfortunate fellow was hanging in the middle of the room. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- Therefore something had occurred between seven-thirty and nine o'clock which had completely altered her feelings towards him. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- Why, him in twenty-seven in the third, that this gentleman's going to be chummed on. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Here the peerless Saladin met the Christian host some seven hundred years ago, and broke their power in Palestine for all time to come. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- This had been going on more than five months, seven days a week, when I was called down to the laboratory to see him. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Fighting was substantially over by half-past seven in the morning. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- In 1801 he built his first steam carriage, adapted to carry seven or eight passengers, which was said to have gone off like a bird, but broke down, and was taken to the home of Capt. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- By seven o'clock the whole of Smith's force was ferried over and in possession of a height commanding the ferry. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- It was as late as seven o'clock when he awoke refreshed, and went out into the streets again. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Everything is so at sixes and sevens. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- The least they pretended was that they were going to cut Lowick Parish into sixes and sevens. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Years ago she had said that when she married she would braid it in sevens. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- They won't give 'em up, said the man; there's a regular shinty in the house, and everything at sixes and sevens. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- She had braided it in sevens today. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- They were seventy-sevens and came with a whishing rush of air, a hard bright burst and flash and then gray smoke that blew across the road. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
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