seventeenth
/'sevn'ti:nθ/
Definition
Adjective:
- Coming next after the sixteenth in position: Used to describe something that is number 17 in a sequence or order.
Noun:
- Position 17 in a countable series of things: The rank or place identified as number seventeen.
- One of seventeen equal parts: A fraction equal to one part of something divided into seventeen equal parts.
Usage Examples
Adjective:
- This is the seventeenth time I have called you today. (This indicates the 17th instance in a sequence of calls.)
- Her seventeenth birthday is next week. (This describes the birthday that is the 17th one since her birth.)
Noun:
- He finished in seventeenth place in the race. (This refers to the rank or position number 17.)
- Approximately one seventeenth of the population was surveyed. (This uses "seventeenth" to mean 1/17th as a fraction.)
Advanced Usage
"The seventeenth century": Refers to the years from 1601 to 1700 AD.
- Baroque art flourished in the seventeenth century.
"A seventeenth": Can be used informally to mean a very small part or fraction.
- I only understood a seventeenth of what he was saying. (This emphasizes understanding a very small portion.)
Variants and Related Words
Seventeen (Cardinal Number): The number 17.
- There are seventeen students in the class.
Seventeenthly (Adverb): Used to introduce the seventeenth point in a list (formal/archaic).
- Seventeenthly, we must consider the long-term economic impact.
Synonyms
- 17th: The ordinal form, used identically.
- The 17th of May is a national holiday.
Related Phrases
- Sweet seventeen: An idiom referring to the age of seventeen, often considered a pleasant or significant age.
- She's celebrating her sweet seventeen this weekend.
Adjective
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coming next after the sixteenth in position
Noun
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position 17 in a countable series of things
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