seventeen
/'sevn'ti:n/
Definition
Adjective:
- Being one more than sixteen: "Seventeen" describes the quantity that follows sixteen in the natural number sequence. It is represented by the numeral 17.
Noun:
- The cardinal number that is the sum of sixteen and one: "Seventeen" is the name for the number 17. It can represent a count, an age, or an identifier.
Usage Examples
Adjective:
- She has seventeen books on the shelf. (The quantity of books is 17.)
- The recipe requires seventeen grams of sugar. (It specifies the exact amount.)
Noun:
- Seventeen is a prime number. (The number 17 itself is the subject.)
- He celebrated his seventeenth birthday. (Here, "seventeenth" is the ordinal form derived from the cardinal number "seventeen".)
Advanced Usage
- "Sweet seventeen": A common cultural phrase referring to the age of seventeen, often romanticized as a youthful, coming-of-age year.
- She was looking forward to her sweet seventeen party.
Variants and Related Words
- Seventeenth (adj, n): The ordinal form, meaning "constituting number seventeen in a sequence."
- This is the seventeenth edition of the book.
- Seventeenfold (adv, adj): By a factor of seventeen; seventeen times as much.
- The investment saw a seventeenfold increase.
Synonyms
- 17: The numeral representing the same quantity.
- XVII: The Roman numeral equivalent.
Related Phrases
- At seventeen: Used to specify an event or state occurring at that age.
- She learned to drive at seventeen.
- Group of seventeen: A phrase indicating a set or collection of seventeen items or people.
- A group of seventeen students went on the field trip.
Adjective
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being one more than sixteen
Noun
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the cardinal number that is the sum of sixteen and one
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