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Seventeenth

see synonyms of seventeenth

Noun

1. seventeenth

position 17 in a countable series of things

Adjective

2. 17th, seventeenth

coming next after the sixteenth in position

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Seventeenth

see synonyms of seventeenth
noun
2. 
a. 
one of 17 approximately equal parts of something
b. 
(as modifier)
a seventeenth part
3. 
the fraction equal to one divided by 17 (1⁄17)
adjective
1. (usually prenominal)
a. 
coming after the sixteenth in numbering or counting order, position, time, etc; being the ordinal number of seventeen: often written 17th
b. 
(as noun)
the ship docks on the seventeenth

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Seventeenth

see synonyms of seventeenth
adjective
1. 
preceded by sixteen others in a series; 17th
2. 
designating any of the seventeen equal parts of something
noun
3. 
the one following the sixteenth
4. 
any of the seventeen equal parts of something; 1⁄17
adverb
5. 
in the seventeenth place, rank, group, etc.

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Seventeenth

see synonyms of seventeenth
n.
1. The ordinal number matching the number 17 in a series.
2. One of 17 equal parts.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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