Definitions for seventeen
ˈsɛv ənˈtinsev·en·teen

Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. seventeen, 17, XVII(adj)

   the cardinal number that is the sum of sixteen and one

2. seventeen, 17, xvii(adj)

   being one more than sixteen

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Seventeen(adj)

   one more than sixteen; ten and seven added; as, seventeen years

2. Seventeen(noun)

   the number greater by one than sixteen; the sum of ten and seven; seventeen units or objects

3. Seventeen(noun)

   a symbol denoting seventeen units, as 17, or xvii

Origin: [OE. seventene, AS. seofontne, i. e., seven-ten. Cf. Seventy.]

Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Seventeen

   Seventeen is an American magazine for teenagers. It was the first teen magazine to be established in the United States. The magazine's reader base is the female 12–19 year-old demographic. It began as a publication geared towards inspiring teen girls to become role models in work and citizenship. Soon after its debut, Seventeen took a more fashion and romance-oriented approach in presenting their material, while still maintaining their model of promoting self-confidence in young women. It was first published in September 1944 by Walter Annenberg's Triangle Publications.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Seventeen

   sev′n-tēn, adj. and n. seven and ten.—adj. and n. Sev′enteenth, the seventh after the tenth. [A.S. seofontíene—seofon, tíen, ten.]

British National Corpus

1. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'seventeen' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1041

How to pronounce seventeen?

1. 

   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

How to say seventeen in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of seventeen in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of seventeen in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of seventeen in a Sentence

1. Arthur Rimbaud:

   When you are seventeen you aren't really serious.

2. Hank Aaron:

   It took me seventeen years to get 3,000 hits in baseball. I did it in one afternoon on the golf course.

3. Deirdre Betson:

   Aoibheann went to school with my daughter. She would have been seventeen this year. We did it in her memory.

4. Fabrice:

   The unluckiest man in the world was Youri Gagarin: he left from Russia, revolved seventeen times around the word to fall in Russia again!...

5. Rick Scott:

   Seventeen innocent people are dead and acknowledging a mistake isn’t going to cut it, an apology will never bring these 17 Floridians back to life.

Images & Illustrations of seventeen

Popularity rank by frequency of use