seventh

adj
/ˈsɛvnθ/UK/ˈsɛvənθ/US

Etymology

From Middle English seventhe, sefte, from Old English seofoþa, from Proto-West Germanic *sebundō, from Proto-Germanic *sebundô. The -n-, lost in northern Proto-West Germanic, was later reinserted by analogy with seven, equivalent to seven + -th.

  1. inherited from *sebundô
  2. inherited from *sebundō
  3. inherited from seofoþa
  4. inherited from seventhe

Definitions

  1. The ordinal form of the number seven.

    • [T]he law codes drafted in Athens in the late seventh and early sixth centuries were the work of individuals, Drakon and then Solon.
  2. The person or thing in the seventh position.

    • He departs with the significant announcement that he will post at the gates six defenders, with himself as the seventh.
  3. One of seven equal parts of a whole.

  4. + 1 more definition
    1. A tone of the seventh degree from a given tone, the interval between two such tones, or…

      A tone of the seventh degree from a given tone, the interval between two such tones, or the two tones sounding in unison.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA