Definition

1. Adjective:

   • Coming next after the sixth and just before the eighth in position: Used to describe the ordinal number corresponding to the number 7 in a sequence.

2. Noun:

   • The musical interval between one note and another seven notes away from it: In music theory, the distance spanning seven diatonic scale degrees.
   • One part in seven equal parts: A fraction equal to 1/7 of a whole.
   • Position seven in a countable series of things: The place or rank identified by the number 7.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:

  • This is the seventh time I have called you. (This indicates the call is number 7 in the sequence.)
  • Her office is on the seventh floor. (This describes the floor's position as number 7.)

• Noun (Musical Interval):

  • The chord progression requires a major seventh. (This refers to a specific type of musical interval.)
• Noun (Fraction):
  • A seventh of the profits will be donated. (This means one out of seven equal portions of the profits.)
• Noun (Position):
  • He finished in seventh in the race. (This states his final ranking was number 7.)

Advanced Usage

• "The seventh heaven": A state of extreme happiness or bliss.
  • Winning the award put her in the seventh heaven.
• "Seventh-inning stretch": In baseball, a tradition where spectators stand and stretch in the middle of the seventh inning.
  • We all sang during the seventh-inning stretch.

Variants and Related Words

• Seventhly (adverb): Used to introduce a seventh point in a list.
  • Seventhly, we must consider the long-term costs.
• Seventh chord (noun phrase): A musical chord consisting of a triad plus a note forming a seventh interval above the root.
  • The dominant seventh chord creates tension.

Synonyms

• 7th (adj., n.): The numeric abbreviation.
• Ordinal number seven (n.): The formal term for the position.

Related Phrases

• At the eleventh hour (idiom): At the last possible moment. (Note: This idiom uses a different ordinal number but is a common phrase for "very late.")
  • They reached an agreement at the eleventh hour.

Adjective

1. coming next after the sixth and just before the eighth in position

Noun

1. the musical interval between one note and another seven notes away from it
2. one part in seven equal parts
3. position seven in a countable series of things