WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026sev•en /ˈsɛvən/USA pronunciation
n. [countable]
- a cardinal number, 6 plus 1.
- a symbol for this number, as 7 or VII.
- a set of this many persons or things.
adj. [before a noun]
- amounting to seven in number:my seven sisters.
sev•enth, adj., n. [countable]
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026sev•en
(sev′ən),USA pronunciation n.
- a cardinal number, 6 plus 1.
- a symbol for this number, as 7 or VII.
- a set of this many persons or things.
- Gamesa playing card with seven pips.
- Games sevens, (used with a sing. v.) fan-tan (def. 1).
adj.
- amounting to seven in number.
v.i.
- Games seven out, crap2 (def. 3a).
- bef. 900; Middle English seoven(e), seofne, seven, Old English seofon; cognate with German sieben, Gothic sibun; akin to Old Irish secht, Welsh saith, Latin septem, Greek heptá, Polish siedem, Sanskrit saptá
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
seven / ˈsɛvən/ - the cardinal number that is the sum of six and one and is a prime number
See also number1 - a numeral, 7, VII, etc, representing this number
- the amount or quantity that is one greater than six
- anything representing, represented by, or consisting of seven units, such as a playing card with seven symbols on it
- Also called: seven o'clock seven hours after noon or midnight
- amounting to seven: seven swans a-swimming
- (as pronoun): you've eaten seven already
Etymology: Old English seofon; related to Gothic sibun, German sieben, Old Norse sjau, Latin septem, Greek hepta, Sanskrit saptá
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