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How to pronounce seventeen

IPA transcription: ['sɛvən'tin]

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Noun

  • the cardinal number that is the sum of sixteen and one

Adjective

  • being one more than sixteen

Usage examples

  • Built January nineteenth, nineteen-seventeen, the monument is now celebrating its centennial.
  • Prince Morasada was seventeen years of age at the time of the succession.
  • He gained his diploma at the age of seventeen.
  • Kobe Bryant and LeBron James have appeared on a record seventeen covers.
  • The seventeen-year-old girl gently pushed his hand away as he touched her belly.
  • Seventeen of the islands are inhabited, including the main islands of Lifuka and Foa.
  • Built January nineteenth, nineteen-seventeen, the monument is now celebrating its centennial.
  • The island was first occupied by John Langlee in the late seventeenth century.
  • Seventeen gardeners are working this afternoon.
  • Her character was murdered in the seventeenth episode.