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seventeenth Definition

sev·en·teenth (-tēnt̸h′)

adjective

  1. preceded by sixteen others in a series; 17th
  2. designating any of the seventeen equal parts of something

Etymology: ME sevententhe: see seventeen & -th

noun

  1. the one following the sixteenth
  2. any of the seventeen equal parts of something;

adverb

in the seventeenth place, rank, group, etc.

seventeenth Usage Examples

Preposition: of

  • series: Clicking on Canals No 17 - The seventeenth of a regular series of articles on waterways on the internet.
  • month: Synaxarion On the seventeenth of this month we commemorate our righteous and God-bearing Father Botolph of Boston.

Converse of object

  • finish: There were 58 entrants representing other world countries in the race and it was no small achievement to finish seventeenth in an Olympic marathon.

Adjective modifier

  • late: Late seventeenth or early eighteenth-century binding: leather on boards.

Modifies a noun

  • century: In the seventeenth century, however, there were only three editions of Dante.
  • birthday: On his seventeenth birthday, Rene told him that she had married again.
  • philosopher: He also developed a very influential interpretation of the ideas of the great seventeenth century philosopher Thomas Hobbes.
  • edition: Note for Editors Practical Issues was first published in April 1996; this is the seventeenth edition.
  • chapter: We can start back in the seventeenth chapter of the gospel of John.
  • house: Ford Green Hall Ford Green Hall is a seventeenth century house complete with period garden.

Modifying Another Word

  • mainly: To the side of the mainly seventeenth Century Abbey building is Croyland Hall, currently the home of the Wellingborough Heritage Center.