Seventeen

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Seventeen \Sev"en*teen`\, a. [OE. seventene, AS. seofont[=y]ne,
     i. e., seven-ten. Cf. {Seventy}.]
     One more than sixteen; ten and seven added; as, seventeen
     years.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Seventeen \Sev"en*teen`\, n.
     1. The number greater by one than sixteen; the sum of ten and
        seven; seventeen units or objects.
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     2. A symbol denoting seventeen units, as 17, or xvii.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  seventeen
       adj : being one more than sixteen [syn: {17}, {xvii}]
       n : the cardinal number that is the sum of sixteen and one [syn:
            {17}, {XVII}]