seventeenth
pronunciation
How to pronounce seventeenth in British English:
UK [ˌsevn'ti:nθ]
How to pronounce seventeenth in American English:
US [ˌsɛvənˈtinθ]
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- Noun:
- position 17 in a countable series of things
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- Adjective:
- coming next after the sixteenth in position
Word Origin
- seventeenth (adj.)
- c. 1300, seventenþe, from seventeen + -th (1); replacing forms based on Old English seofonteoþa.
Example
- 1. He was five days short of his seventeenth birthday .
- 2. Can I extend my stay till the seventeenth ?
- 3. It 's her seventeenth birthday tomorrow .
- 4. Sunday was rudolph 's seventeenth birthday .
- 5. The aggregated revenues of companies founded by mit alumni would be the seventeenth largest economy in the world .