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sev·enth (sev′ənt̸h)

adjective

  1. preceded by six others in a series; 7th
  2. designating any of the seven equal parts of something

Etymology: ME seventhe, a new formation < seoven + -th, replacing OE seofande (akin to Ger siebente) & seofotha

noun

  1. the one following the sixth
  2. any of the seven equal parts of something;
  3. Music
    1. the seventh tone of an ascending diatonic scale, or a tone six degrees above or below any given tone in such a scale; leading tone; subtonic
    2. the interval between two such tones, or a combination of them
    3. the chord formed by any tone and the third, fifth, and seventh of which it is the fundamental

adverb

in the seventh place, rank, group, etc.

seventh Related Forms

sev′·enthly adverb

seventh Usage Examples

Preposition: of

season: On Saturday he scored a late goal as Harriers won 2-0 at Wrexham, his seventh of the season from 14 appearances.

Preposition: on

grid: That leaves him seventh on the grid ahead of Australian visitor Laurie Bennett.

Modifies a noun

  • commandment: The seventh commandment is, " Thou shalt not commit adultery " .
  • heaven: The boy David was in seventh heaven: no wonder the stage hooked him that night.
  • trumpet: Simply put, we pray that things move ahead until that seventh trumpet is sounded.
  • century: The seventh century is the most glorious period in the history of the Irish Church.
  • chord: The theme finally reappears in the pedals in the original key with a succession of diminished seventh chords above.
  • Adventist: Seventh day adventist no major media has progressive online auto insurance quote allowed it they're good to.

Used with adjective complement

  • finish: She then joined the exclusive sub 35 second club in finishing seventh in the 500m Time Trial.
  • rank: The retailer was also ranked seventh out of the 76 FTSE 100 companies surveyed.
  • qualify: The 20-year-old from Cannock was taking part in her first World games and surprised everyone after qualifying seventh for the event.
  • lie: At that point they were lying seventh in the Eurocup in a field of 23 international sidecar outfits.
  • come: We currently come seventh out of fifteen in the implementation stakes.
  • place: In January of the following year he was placed seventh in the advanced papers of the Tripos.

Preposition: in

  • championship: In 2003, recorded some impressive kilo times on the way to seventh in the world championships and a silver at the Olympic trials.
  • series: The theme of this year's workshop, the seventh in the series, is Supporting Our Users.
  • league: When Lincoln beat the Clarets on 3 rd January they went seventh in the league with 34 points from 23 games.
  • race: In Pre 90, Rory Farrell is really out to prove something after only finishing seventh in the Classic race at Oulton last week.
  • shot: Faye Palmer finished second in the 80m hurdles in 16secs and seventh in the shot with a putt of 4.31m.
  • table: Cambridgeshire's performance in stripping the wealth from drugs dealers and other major lawbreakers has put it seventh in a national league table.