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- [sev-uh n-teen]
- /ˈsɛv ənˈtin/
- /ˌsevnˈtiːn/
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- [sev-uh n-teen]
- /ˈsɛv ənˈtin/
Definitions of seventeen word
- noun seventeen a cardinal number, 10 plus 7. 1
- noun seventeen a symbol for this number, as 17 or XVII. 1
- noun seventeen a set of this many persons or things. 1
- adjective seventeen amounting to 17 in number. 1
- adjective seventeen (initial capital letter, italics) a novel (1916) by Booth Tarkington. 1
- number seventeen Seventeen is the number 17. 0
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Origin of seventeen
First appearance:
before 900 One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; Middle English seventene, Old English seofontēne (cognate with Dutch zeventien, German siebzehn). See seven, -teen
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Parts of speech for Seventeen
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
seventeen popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 77% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
seventeen usage trend in Literature
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