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Seventeen Moderate

Seventeen has 3 different meanings across 3 categories:

Noun · Adjective · Num

Definitions
Noun
1

the cardinal number that is the sum of sixteen and one

Adjective
1

being one more than sixteen

Num
1

The cardinal number occurring after sixteen and before eighteen, represented in Roman numerals as XVII and in Arabic numerals as 17.

See Also
eighteen seventeenth seventeenish seventeens xvii 17 heptadecagon seventeenpence
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
large integer

Origin

Seventeen comes from Middle English and Old English, ultimately deriving from the Proto-Germanic word for "seven hundreds." Its original meaning was formed by combining the number seven with the suffix used for numbers ending in ten.

Rhyming Words
een meen been feen keen teen peen ween reen seen deen leen veen wheen epeen steen bleen gleen breen green
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