# seventeen

/ˈsɛvənˈtin/ (US) · /sˌɛvəntˈiːn/ (UK) · CEFR A1 · Noun

Source: https://englishreference.com/word/seventeen
Updated: 2026-05-02

## Definition

the number that comes after sixteen and before eighteen. It is written as the number 17.

For teachers: the cardinal number equivalent to the sum of ten and seven.

## Examples

- She is seventeen years old today.
- The bus route has seventeen stops before it reaches the final station downtown.
- The manuscript consists of seventeen distinct chapters, each exploring a different aspect of the historical period in chronological order.

## Usage notes

- Functions as a determiner when preceding a noun or as a noun when referring to the number itself.

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