seventh
pronunciation
How to pronounce seventh in British English:
UK [ˈsevnθ]
How to pronounce seventh in American English:
US [ˈsevnθ]
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- Noun:
- position seven in a countable series of things
- a seventh part
- the musical interval between one note and another seven notes away from it
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- Adjective:
- coming next after the sixth and just before the eighth in position
Word Origin
- seventh
- c. 1300, from seven + -th (1); earlier sevende, seveth, from Old English seofunda (Anglian, Northumbrian), seofoþa (West Saxon), from Proto-Germanic *sebundon (cognates: Old Norse sjaundi, Old Saxon sivondo, Old High German sibunto, German siebente, siebte). The music note sense is from 1590s.
Example
- 1. It could make do with the seventh fleet alone .
- 2. That is a seventh of the price of the average textbook used in schools today .
- 3. So the people rested on the seventh day .
- 4. This year it dropped to seventh .
- 5. Rmst is considering a seventh dive next year .