Seven Definition

sĕvən

noun

The cardinal number between six and eight; 7; VII.

Webster's New World

The seventh in a set or sequence.

American Heritage

Any group of seven people or things.

Webster's New World

Something numbered seven or having seven units, as a playing card or a throw of dice.

Webster's New World

The digit/figure 7 or an occurrence thereof.

He wrote three sevens on the paper.

Wiktionary

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adjective

Totaling one more than six.

Webster's New World

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Other Word Forms of Seven

Singular:

seven

Plural:

From Middle English, from Old English seofon (“seven"), from Proto-Germanic *sebun (“seven"), from Proto-Indo-European *septḿ̥ (“seven"). Cognate with Scots sevin (“seven"), West Frisian sân (“seven"), Saterland Frisian soogen (“seven"), Dutch zeven (“seven"), German sieben (“seven"), Danish syv (“seven"), Icelandic sjö (“seven"), Latin septem (“seven"), Ancient Greek ἑπτά (heptá, “seven"), Russian семь (sem'), Sanskrit सप्तन् (saptán).

From Wiktionary
Middle English from Old English seofon septm̥ in Indo-European roots

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition