Seventeen
/ˌsevənˈtiːn/Definition, CEFR level A1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
numberThe number 17.
Extra definitions
number; noun; adjectiveThe number 17.
number; noun; adjectiveOne more than sixteen.
Sentence Examples
She is seventeen years old.
Seventeen students joined.
The answer is seventeen.
Synonyms & Antonyms
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Word Origin & History
Equivalent to seven + -teen
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
“[T]he charge of my moſt curious, and coſtly ingredients fraide, amounting to ſome ſeaventeene thouſand crovvnes, a trifle in reſpect of health, vvriting your noble name in my Catalogue, I ſhall acknovvledge my ſelfe amply ſatisfi'd.”
— 1631 (first performance), Philip Massinger, The Emperour of the East. A Tragæ-comœdie. […], London: […] Thomas Harper, for Iohn Waterson, published 1632, →OCLC, Act IV, scene iii:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
She is ____ years old.