seven

[sevĀ·en]

The cardinal number that is the sum of six and one

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One more than six; six and one added; as, seven days make one week.

Noun
the cardinal number that is the sum of six and one

Adjective S.
being one more than six


a.
One more than six; six and one added; as, seven days make one week.

n.
The number greater by one than six; seven units or objects.

n.
A symbol representing seven units, as 7, or vii.


Seven

Sev"en , a. [OE. seven, seoven, seofen, AS. seofon, seofan, seofen; akin to D. zeven, OS., Goth., & OHG. sibun, G. sieben, Icel. sjau, sj'94, Sw. sju, Dan. syv, Lith. septyni, Russ. seme, W. saith, Gael. seachd, Ir. seacht, L. septem, Gr. , Skr. saptan. &root;305. Cf. Hebdomad, Heptagon, September.] One more than six; six and one added; as, seven days make one week. Seven sciences. See the Note under Science, n., 4. -- Seven stars (Astron.), the Pleiades. -- Seven wonders of the world. See under Wonders. -- Seven-year apple (Bot.), a rubiaceous shrub (Genipa clusiifolia) growing in the West Indies; also, its edible fruit. -- Seven-year vine (Bot.), a tropical climbing plant (Ipom&oe;a tuberosa) related to the morning-glory.

Seven

Sev"en, n. 1. The number greater by one than six; seven units or objects.
Of every beast, and bird, and insect small, Game sevens and pairs.
2. A symbol representing seven units, as 7, or vii.

One more than six; six and one added; as, seven days make one week.

The number greater by one than six; seven units or objects.

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Usage Examples

At the age of six I wanted to be a cook. At seven I wanted to be Napoleon. And my ambition has been growing steadily ever since.

By age seven, I used to comb my hair for performances, just pull my hair up into a bun. Granted, it wasn't a very intricate hairstyle. Still, to be that responsible and disciplined at age seven is unusual.

Death is a billion-dollar business. They can't even pass a law where it takes seven days to get a gun. Why don't you have to go through the same kind of screening you do to get a driver's license? It's totally insane.

Every comedian dreams of hosting 'The Tonight Show' and, for seven months, I got to. I did it my way, with people I love, and I do not regret a second.

Fourscore and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.

And actually, about three weeks ago, Micky, Peter and I were in Vegas at the MGM Grand. And we did about 12 shows in seven days. It was quite an experience.

For the amount of money that the country is going to spend this year on health care, you can go out and hire a doctor for every seven families in the US and pay the doctor almost $230,000 a year to cover them.

By the time you get dressed, drive out there, play 18 holes and come home, you've blown seven hours. There are better things you can do with your time.

Misspelled Form

seven, aseven, wseven, eseven, dseven, xseven, zseven, aeven, weven, eeven, deven, xeven, zeven, saeven, sweven, seeven, sdeven, sxeven, szeven, sweven, s3even, s4even, sreven, sseven, sdeven, swven, s3ven, s4ven, srven, ssven, sdven, sewven, se3ven, se4ven, serven, sesven, sedven, secven, sefven, segven, sebven, se ven, secen, sefen, segen, seben, se en, sevcen, sevfen, sevgen, sevben, sev en, sevwen, sev3en, sev4en, sevren, sevsen, sevden, sevwn, sev3n, sev4n, sevrn, sevsn, sevdn, sevewn, seve3n, seve4n, severn, sevesn, sevedn, sevebn, sevehn, sevejn, sevemn, seve n, seveb, seveh, sevej, sevem, seve , sevenb, sevenh, sevenj, sevenm, seven .

Other Usage Examples

As a nation we have, over the past seven years, been rebuilding our intelligence with powerful capabilities that many thought we would no longer need after the Cold War. We have been rebuilding our clandestine service, our satellite and other technical collection, our analytical depth and expertise.

But I don't think that it's a form of family that I would be comfortable in. I've found a way to this character and this family, but I still believe that a marriage is between two people and not seven or three.

All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players: they have their exits and their entrances and one man in his time plays many parts, his acts being seven ages.

And if small businesspeople say they made it on their own, all they are saying is that nobody else worked seven days a week in their place. Nobody showed up in their place to open the door at five in the morning. Nobody did their thinking, and worrying, and sweating for them.

All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature, compulsions, habit, reason, passion, desire.

Conversation may be compared to a lyre with seven chords - philosophy, art, poetry, love, scandal, and the weather.

Elves have this superhuman strength, yet they're so graceful. Tolkien created them to be angelic spirits, but I also saw Legolas as something out of the Seven Samurai.

A doctor must work eighteen hours a day and seven days a week. If you cannot console yourself to this, get out of the profession.

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