SEVEN

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

IPA (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does seven mean? 

• SEVEN (noun)
  The noun SEVEN has 2 senses:

1. the cardinal number that is the sum of six and one

2. one of four playing cards in a deck with seven pips on the face

  Familiarity information: SEVEN used as a noun is rare.

• SEVEN (adjective)
  The adjective SEVEN has 1 sense:

1. being one more than six

  Familiarity information: SEVEN used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SEVEN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The cardinal number that is the sum of six and one

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Synonyms:

7; heptad; septenary; septet; seven; sevener; VII

Hypernyms ("seven" is a kind of...):

digit; figure (one of the elements that collectively form a system of numeration)

Derivation:

seven (being one more than six)

Sense 2

Meaning:

One of four playing cards in a deck with seven pips on the face

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

seven; seven-spot

Hypernyms ("seven" is a kind of...):

spot (a playing card with a specified number of pips on it to indicate its value)

• SEVEN (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Being one more than six

Synonyms:

7; seven; vii

Similar:

cardinal (being or denoting a numerical quantity but not order)

Derivation:

seven (the cardinal number that is the sum of six and one)

 Context examples 

I should think it must have been as much as seven feet high.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

But with a mass around seven times greater than the Earth, and hence a much higher density, it implies that the exoplanet is probably made of rock with a dense iron core.

(Super-Earth in Habitable Zone, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

I had seven different schemes for getting a glimpse of that telegram, but I could hardly hope to succeed the very first time.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The researchers obtained detailed medical histories of the women two to seven years after their first pregnancy to see if outcomes in their first pregnancies were associated with their cardiovascular health.

(First-time pregnancy complications linked to increased risk of hypertension later in life, National Institutes of Health)

Seven days from the time they pulled into Dawson, they dropped down the steep bank by the Barracks to the Yukon Trail, and pulled for Dyea and Salt Water.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)

Seven patients with the condition were given therapies that are known to reduce inflammation.

(Researchers discover new autoinflammatory disease and uncover its biological cause, National Institutes of Health)

"Nothin'," came the answer; "only there's seven of 'em again. I just counted."

(White Fang, by Jack London)

One of the seven pairs in the third group (or group C) of human chromosomes according to the current classification for humans.

(Chromosome 10, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

It was at least seven feet high, and so thin that she could hardly balance upon it.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

A dose calculation unit expressed in milligram(s) per square meter per period of time equal to seven days.

(Milligram per Square Meter per Week, NCI Thesaurus)