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Princeton's WordNet

  1. fantan, sevens, parliamentnoun

    a card game in which you play your sevens and other cards in sequence in the same suit as the sevens; you win if you are the first to use all your cards

Wiktionary

  1. sevensnoun

    Rugby sevens.

  2. sevensnoun

    A pair of sevens.

  3. sevensnoun

    Plural form of seven.

ChatGPT

  1. sevens

    The term "sevens" has multiple meanings depending on the context in which it's used. 1) In sports, it often refers to a version of rugby where teams are made of seven players, instead than the usual 15, known as Rugby Sevens. 2) In gaming, it’s a popular card game also known as Fan Tan, Dominoes, or Parliament. 3) In dice games, it can refer to rolling a sum of seven. 4) It may refer to a quantity or set of seven items. 5) In numerology or symbolism, seven is often considered a sacred or lucky number. 6) It's also used in phrases like 'at sixes and sevens,' which means a state of total confusion or disarray. As such, to provide a 'general' definition it could be stated that "Sevens" usually refers to something related to the number seven, be it in sports, games, quantities, or symbolic meanings. The specific definition comes from the context in which it's used.

Wikidata

  1. Sevens

    Sevens is the seventh studio album by American country music artist Garth Brooks. It was released on November 25, 1997, and debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200, and on the Top Country Albums chart. The album also topped the Country album charts in Britain for several months and crossed over into the mainstream pop charts. His duet with Trisha Yearwood, "In Another's Eyes", won the Grammy Award for Best Country Collaboration with Vocals at the Grammy Awards of 1998. Sevens was nominated for the Best Country Album Grammy the following year. 777,777 copies of Sevens were marked as First Editions. These albums have a gold seal on the CD booklet and a similar mark on the CD itself. Canadian versions of the albums have a maple leaf shaped seal on the cover. First Editions were not released outside of North America.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of sevens in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of sevens in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of sevens in a Sentence

  1. Gomez Cora:

    It's harder to move from the XV( game) to sevens... because Gomez Cora feel lost in the physical aspect and the technical adjustments for not being there for the whole process.

  2. The Australian-born Hayne:

    I am retiring from the NFL because the Fiji Rugby Sevens team reached out to me about the opportunity to join the team for the upcoming Olympics, and I simply could not pass that chance up, the Olympics has been something I have admired since I was a little boy, and it is an opportunity I feel very similar to me joining the NFL.

  3. London Irish:

    Rugby is set for an exciting time with World Cup 2015 reaching its final stages, the inclusion of Sevens in the 2016 Olympic Games, and now the first-ever Aviva Premiership fixture in the USA.

  4. Sonya Kennedy:

    He honestly didn't think that there was anything wrong, he told me that almost all the grade-sevens were doing it.

  5. Madison Hughes:

    Rugby's not trying to take over from some of those sports, but just trying to reach out to more people, especially in the United States, I think Sevens is the short-term vehicle for rugby to grow its popularity.

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