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Definition of 'seventeenth'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (adj.) seventeenth
next after the sixteenth; being the ordinal number for 17.

2. seventeenth
being one of 17 equal parts.

3. (n.) seventeenth
a seventeenth part, esp. of one (

4. seventeenth
the seventeenth member of a series.

Etymology: (1300–50; ME

Definition of 'seventeenth'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (adj) seventeenth
position 17 in a countable series of things

2. (adj) seventeenth, 17th
coming next after the sixteenth in position

Definition of 'seventeenth'

Webster Dictionary

1. (adj) seventeenth
next in order after the sixteenth; coming after sixteen others

2. (adj) seventeenth
constituting or being one of seventeen equal parts into which anything is divided

3. (noun) seventeenth
the next in order after the sixteenth; one coming after sixteen others

4. (noun) seventeenth
the quotient of a unit divided by seventeen; one of seventeen equal parts or divisions of one whole

5. (noun) seventeenth
an interval of two octaves and a third

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