seventh

[sevĀ·enth]

Position seven in a countable series of things

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Next in order after the sixth;; coming after six others.

Noun
the musical interval between one note and another seven notes away from it

Noun
a seventh part

Noun
position seven in a countable series of things

Adjective S.
coming next after the sixth and just before the eighth in position


a.
Next in order after the sixth;; coming after six others.

a.
Constituting or being one of seven equal parts into which anything is divided; as, the seventh part.

n.
One next in order after the sixth; one coming after six others.

n.
The quotient of a unit divided by seven; one of seven equal parts into which anything is divided.

n.
An interval embracing seven diatonic degrees of the scale.

n.
A chord which includes the interval of a seventh whether major, minor, or diminished.


Seventh

Sev"enth , a. [From Seven: cf. AS. seofo&edh;a.] 1. Next in order after the sixth;; coming after six others.
On the seventh day, God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.
2. Constituting or being one of seven equal parts into which anything is divided; as, the seventh part. Seventh day, the seventh day of the week; Saturday. -- Seventh-day Baptists. See under Baptist.

Seventh

Sev"enth, n. 1. One next in order after the sixth; one coming after six others. 2. The quotient of a unit divided by seven; one of seven equal parts into which anything is divided. 3. (Mus.) (a) An interval embracing seven diatonic degrees of the scale. (b) A chord which includes the interval of a seventh whether major, minor, or diminished.

Next in order after the sixth;; coming after six others.

One next in order after the sixth; one coming after six others.

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Usage Examples

Many seventh graders I know in Illinois, as well as around the Nation, are studying the Constitution. I was pretty impressed with the quality of education our children are receiving because they had not expected me to ask them about it.

A subject for a great poet would be God's boredom after the seventh day of creation.

Sabbath - a weekly festival having its origin in the fact that God made the world in six days and was arrested on the seventh.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

My father, who was from a wealthy family and highly educated, a lawyer, Yale and Columbia, walked out with the benefit of a healthy push from my mother, a seventh grade graduate, who took a typing course and got a secretarial job as fast as she could.

I don't understand why Europeans and South Americans can take more sophistication. Why is it that Americans need to hear their happiness major and their tragedy minor, and as jazzy as they can handle is a seventh chord? Are they not experiencing complex emotions?

In the States, tennis is sixth or seventh on the totem pole as far as sports go.

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