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Seventh has 6 different meanings across 2 categories:

Noun · Adjective

Definitions
Noun
1

position seven in a countable series of things

"She took her seventh turn at bat during the game."

2

one part in seven equal parts

"The seventh slice of the pie was slightly larger than the others."

3

the musical interval between one note and another seven notes away from it

"The seventh is a dissonant musical interval that creates tension when played against the tonic note."

4

The person or thing in the seventh position.

"She finished as the seventh runner across the finish line."

"She is currently in her seventh year living abroad."

Adjective
1

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

"She was the seventh person to cross the finish line, arriving right after the sixth runner and just before the eighth."

2

The ordinal form of the number seven.

"She finished in seventh place at the competition."

In plain English: Seventh means coming after six things when you count them in order, just like it is your turn to go seventh in line at lunch.

"She is the seventh person to arrive at the meeting today."

Usage: Use "seventh" as an adjective to describe items, people, or events that occupy a specific rank after six others have come before them. It functions grammatically like other ordinals by preceding nouns without requiring additional words such as "of.

Example Sentences
"She is the seventh person to arrive at the meeting today." adj
"She is currently in her seventh year living abroad." noun
"He placed his lucky seventh on the mantelpiece for good fortune." noun
"The judge announced that the defendant had committed the seventh crime in their record." noun
"To win the prize, you must correctly identify the seventh item hidden in the puzzle." noun
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
rank common fraction interval

Origin

Seventh comes from Old English and originally meant "the seventh one." Its modern spelling reflects a later addition of the letter 'n' to match the word seven.

Rhyming Words
nth anth tenth month synth xanth panth plinth saunth teenth acanth cleanth jacinth strenth nepenth corinth greenth absinth dozenth hydranth
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