seven
see also: Seven
Signal flag for the digit 7
Pronunciation
  • IPA: [ˈsɛvən]
Noun
  1. (international standards) NATO & ICAO radiotelephony clear code (spelling-alphabet name) for the digit 7.
    Synonyms: setteseven
Etymology

From Middle English seven, from Old English seofon, from Proto-West Germanic *sebun, from Proto-Germanic *sebun, from Proto-Indo-European *septḿ̥.

Cognate with Scots seiven, Western Frisian sân, Saterland Frisian soogen, Low German söven, Dutch zeven, German sieben, Danish syv, Norwegian sju, Icelandic sjö, Latin septem, Ancient Greek ἑπτά, Russian семь, Sanskrit सप्तन्.

Pronunciation
  • (RP) IPA: /ˈsɛvn̩/
  • (America) IPA: /ˈsɛvən/
  • (casually also) IPA: [ˈsɛbm̩]
Numeral
  1. A numerical value equal to 7; the number following six and preceding eight. This many dots: (•••••••). Describing a group or set with seven elements.
    • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC ↗, Joshua 6:1–5 ↗:
      1 Now Iericho was straitly shut vp, because of the children of Israel: none went out, & none came in.
      2 And the Lord said vnto Ioshua, See, I haue giuen into thine hand Iericho, and the King thereof, and the mighty men of valour.
      3 And ye shall compasse the city, all yee men of warre, and goe round about the city once: thus shalt thou doe sixe dayes.
      4 And seuen Priests shall beare before the Arke seuen trumpets of rams hornes: and the seuenth day yee shall compasse the city seuen times, and the Priests shall blow with the trumpets.
      5 And it shall come to passe that when they make a long blast with the rammes-horne, and when ye heare the sound of the trumpet, all the people shall shout with a great shout: and the wall of the citie shall fall downe flat, and the people shall ascend vp euery man straight before him.
Related terms Translations

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Noun

seven

  1. The digit/figure 7 or an occurrence thereof.
    He wrote three sevens on the paper.
  2. (countable, cards) A card bearing seven pips.
Translations Translations
Seven
Noun
  1. .
Proper noun
  1. A river in North Yorkshire, England that flows through Rosedale to join the Rye.



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