Word
seventh
Phoneticssev·enth
US/ˈsɛvənθ/
UK/sˈɛvənθ/
Definitions
01position in a sequence
num. coming after the sixth and before the eighth.
num. the ordinal number matching the cardinal number seven, indicating a position in a series.
“It was her seventh birthday, so she got seven small presents.”
“The runner collapsed just before reaching the seventh lap, exhausted by the humid conditions and the aggressive pace set by the leaders.”
02a fraction
n. one of seven equal parts of something.
n. one of seven equal parts into which a whole is divided.
“He ate a seventh of the cake before the guests even arrived.”
“The inheritance was divided strictly, with each sibling receiving exactly one seventh of the total estate value.”
03musical interval
n. the seventh note in a scale, or the distance between the first and seventh notes.
n. the seventh degree of a diatonic scale, or the interval between the tonic and this degree.
“The song ends on a major seventh, which gives it a dreamy sound.”
“The composer used a diminished seventh to create a sense of unresolved tension before the final movement.”
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“Quinoa came fourth; gnocchi came fifth; chipotle was seventh.” “Jack Cassin's seventh place in the men's 200-metres butterfly heats sees him through to the semis this evening.” 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.
Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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