Seventeen
[sev(ə)n'tiːn;'sev(ə)ntiːn] or [,sɛvn'tin]
Definition
(noun.) the cardinal number that is the sum of sixteen and one.
(adj.) being one more than sixteen .
Editor: Mamie--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) One more than sixteen; ten and seven added; as, seventeen years.
(n.) The number greater by one than sixteen; the sum of ten and seven; seventeen units or objects.
(n.) A symbol denoting seventeen units, as 17, or xvii.
Edited by Amber
Definition
adj. and n. seven and ten.—adj. and n. Sev′enteenth the seventh after the tenth.
Checked by Clarice
Examples
- The atom, to be sure, can no longer be consider ed the smallest unit of matter, as the mass of a β particle is approximately one seventeen-hundredths that of an atom of hydrogen. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- On a fine Sunday evening, in the month of August, John Edmunds set foot in the village he had left with shame and disgrace seventeen years before. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- The child of seven years lives yet in the girl of seventeen, said she. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- On some hay on the ground, with a cushion thrown under his head, lay a handsome peasant boy--a boy of not more than seventeen at the most. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- It warn't much--execution for nine pound nothin', multiplied by five for costs; but hows'ever here he stopped for seventeen year. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- She is eighteen, or at least seventeen--old enough to know all about gowns, petticoats, and chaussures. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Why, not a soul has been here during your absence, except a very interesting young woman, who did not appear to be more than seventeen years of age. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Now, I know that there are seventeen steps, because I have both seen and observed. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- There she broke down, poor thing, and gave the other seventeen to the four winds. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Seventeen or eighteen centuries ago this Coliseum was the theatre of Rome, and Rome was mistress of the world. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Seventeen people were made defendants to that simple suit! Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- He then found out that there were not defendants enough--remember, there were only seventeen as yet! Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- At one time seventeen skilled workmen would manufacture five hundred dozen brooms per week. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Here, clean these shoes for number seventeen directly, and take 'em to private sitting-room, number five, first floor. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- At the end of the patent term (seventeen years) the price fell to 15c. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
Editor: Theresa