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Seventh

see synonyms of seventh

Noun

1. seventh

position seven in a countable series of things

2. one-seventh, seventh

one part in seven equal parts

3. seventh

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

Adjective

4. 7th, seventh

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

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Seventh

see synonyms of seventh
adjective
1. (usually prenominal)
a. 
coming after the sixth and before the eighth in numbering or counting order, position, time, etc; being the ordinal number of seven: often written 7th
b. 
(as noun)
she left on the seventh
he was the seventh to arrive
noun
2. 
a. 
one of seven equal or nearly equal parts of an object, quantity, measurement, etc
b. 
(as modifier)
a seventh part
3. 
the fraction equal to one divided by seven (1⁄7)
4. music
a. 
the interval between one note and another seven notes away from it counting inclusively along the diatonic scale
b. 
one of two notes constituting such an interval in relation to the other
See also major (sense 14), minor (sense 4), interval (sense 5)
c.  short for seventh chord
adverb
5. Also: seventhly
after the sixth person, position, event, etc
sentence connector
6. Also: seventhly
as the seventh point: linking what follows to the previous statements, as in a speech or argument

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Seventh

see synonyms of seventh
adjective
1. 
preceded by six others in a series; 7th
2. 
designating any of the seven equal parts of something
noun
3. 
the one following the sixth
4. 
any of the seven equal parts of something; 1⁄7
5.  Music
a. 
the seventh tone of an ascending diatonic scale, or a tone six degrees above or below any given tone in such a scale; leading tone; subtonic
b. 
the interval between two such tones, or a combination of them
c. 
the chord formed by any tone and the third, fifth, and seventh of which it is the fundamental
: in full seventh chord
adverb
6. 
in the seventh place, rank, group, etc.

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

Seventh

see synonyms of seventh
n.
1. The ordinal number matching the number seven in a series.
2. One of seven equal parts.
3. Music An interval encompassing seven diatonic degrees.

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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