Collocations for "seven"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "seven" in context.
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seven
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.cardinal
- the number seven
- seven plus [one] [equals, is, makes] [eight]
- seven [minus, take away] [two] [equals] [five]
- seven [times, multiplied by] [10] [equals] [70]
- seven divided by [two] [equals] [3.5]
- [rolled, picked, dealt, played, threw] a seven
- a [pair, set] of sevens
- the seven of [spades, hearts, clubs, diamonds]
- do you have these [shoes, sneakers] in a (size) seven?
- six or seven [of them, glasses, times]
- seven or eight [of them]
- seven of [my friends, the best]
- [the, all] seven of us
- seven out of every [10, hundred]
- [got, scored, gave me] seven out of [10]
- a [child, boy, girl] of seven
- her [son, daughter] is (only) seven
- [half, 20, 5] past seven
- it [starts, finishes] at seven
- (at) seven in the [evening, morning]
- seven [A.M., P.M.]
- they were at sixes and sevens
- open seven days a week
- (open) twenty-four seven
- (spend) seven nights in
- stayed there for seven [nights, days]
- has seven [children, sisters, brothers, brothers and sisters]
- are seven [pieces, parts, chapters]
- [just, only] seven (more, hours, pieces) left
- is seven years old
- turned seven years old (today)
- will be seven (years old) (tomorrow)
- a seven-year-old [child, movie]
- a seven-letter [word, verb, title]
- a seven-mile [run, drive, hike]
- a seven-night [stay, vacation] in
- seven [weeks] [later, after, ago, before]
- seven new members (have joined)
- on (more) than seven separate occasions
- took (me) seven hours
- [about, approximately, around, near] seven
- do seven more [situps, pushups]
- [wasted, spent, worth] seven thousand dollars
- (the) seven of us are going (to)
- [visit, see] the seven wonders (of the world)
- the Seven [Deadly, Cardinal] Sins
- the seven pillars of wisdom
- seven [steps, keys] to [happiness, losing weight]
- sail the seven seas
- knocked seven bells out of her
- UK, offensive, slang: knock seven shades of shit out of him
'seven' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
academic
- ancient
- ape
- comprise
- curtain
- deadly
- descent
- distinct
- dot
- dwarf
- eight
- equal
- evening
- fourth
- greed
- insert
- itch
- knight
- leap
- mourning
- night
- number
- pawn
- pitch
- portable
- project
- province
- puppy
- receipt
- save
- score
- sea
- sin
- six
- soccer
- speed
- step
- stitches
- success
- tablet
- thriller
- tonight
- wagon
- week
- woman
- wonder