seventeen

Speech parts

1. seventeen - Noun

2. seventeen - Adjective

3. seventeen - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

One more than sixteen; ten and seven added; as, seventeen years.

The number greater by one than sixteen; the sum of ten and seven; seventeen units or objects.

A symbol denoting seventeen units, as 17, or xvii.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

xvii 17 cardinal shiva shiv year human seven beth eight daughter girl aged birthday cousin
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Hypernyms

large integer

Phrases with the word

atomic number seventeen seventeen times seventeen cents seventeen days seventeen dollars seventeen hours

Examples

As long as my face is on page one, I don't care what they say about me on page seventeen. Mick Jagger

I know that I'm inadequate, but I never thought that at seventeen. I thought I was doing the best I could. I thought I was being idealistic. Eric Bogosian

How old are you? Sixteen? S-seventeen? [asks security guard] Is seventeen legal? Alice Cooper

I've made seventeen or eighteen films now, only two of which have been original screenplays, all the others have been based on short stories or novels, and I find the long short story ideal for adaptation. Satyajit Ray

What you love, you will love. What you undertake you will complete. You are a fulfiller of hope; you are to be relied on. But seventeen years give little armor against despair... Consider, Arren. To refuse death is to refuse life. Ursula K. Le Guin

Marconi is a good fellow. Let him continue. He is using seventeen of my patents. Nikola Tesla

Close letter words and terms

sevensies sevensome sevenstar flying squid seventeen cents seventeen days seventeen dollars