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seven
SEH-vuhn
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The number 7, one more than six and one less than eight.
"She has seven cats."
"We meet every seven days."
How to Use Seven
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishThe number after six.
Common pairings
seven days a week
lucky number seven
Word Forms
sevens plural
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Etymology
From Old English seofon, from Proto-Germanic *sebun, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *septm, the same root behind Latin septem and Greek hepta.