seventeen: Meaning and Definition of

sev•en•teen

Pronunciation: (sev'un-tēn'), [key]
— n.
  1. a cardinal number, 10 plus 7.
  2. a symbol for this number, as 17 or XVII.
  3. a set of this many persons or things.
—adj.
  1. amounting to 17 in number.
  2. (cap., italics) a novel (1916) by Booth Tarkington.
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
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