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Definition of seventh - Reverso English Dictionary
Noun
1.
orderposition number seven in a sequence
- She finished in seventh at the race.
2.
musicTECH. tone located two steps below the octave in a musical scaleTECH.
- The song ends on a seventh.
3.
fractionRare one of seven equal parts of a wholeRare
- He ate a seventh of the pizza.
Adjective
1.
sequenceoccupying position number seven in a sequence
- She finished the race in seventh place..
2.
fractional partconstituting one of seven equal parts
- He received a seventh of the inheritance..
Images of seventh
one of seven equal parts of a whole
Expressions with seventh
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state of extreme happiness or bliss
After hearing the good news, she was in seventh heaven..
extremely happy or delighted
She was in seventh heaven after winning the lottery.
fraction equal to one part of seven equal parts
He divided the cake into one-seventh slices for each guest..
coming next after the twenty-sixth in position
She finished in the twenty-seventh place.
school year for students usually aged twelve to thirteen
The seventh grade went on a field trip today.
student in the seventh grade
My brother is a seventh grader this year.
break in the seventh inning of a baseball game
Fans stood up for the seventh inning stretch.
ordinal number for position 47 in a sequence
She finished in the forty-seventh place in the race.
in position number 77 in a list or sequence
She finished in the seventy-seventh place.
ordinal number for position 37 in a sequence
She finished in the thirty-seventh place in the race.
chord with four notes each a minor third apart
The diminished seventh chord creates tension in the music.
chord with root, major third, perfect fifth, minor seventh
The song ends with a dominant seventh chord.
musical interval spanning eleven semitones
The major seventh creates a dreamy sound in the chord.
chord consisting of a major triad and a major seventh
He played a major seventh chord to add a jazzy feel to the song..
chord with a minor triad and a minor seventh
He played a minor seventh chord on the piano.
chord with a triad and a seventh above the root
The song starts with a seventh chord on the piano.
chord with bass, minor third, diminished fifth, diminished seventh
The diminished seventh chord creates tension in the song.
chord with a major triad and minor seventh
The song ends on a dominant seventh.
musical interval spanning ten semitones
The song features a prominent minor seventh interval.
nerve supplying salivary glands
The seventh cranial nerve helps in saliva production.
Origin of seventh
Old English, seofon (seven) + -th (ordinal suffix)
Terms with seventh included in their meaning
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order
coming after the seventh in order
literature
the seventh chapter of a book or document
abr: July
seventh month of the year
abr: July
seventh month of the year
education
seventh year of school for students aged 12-13
middle grade
school year after seventh grade, or its curriculum
horoscope symbol
seventh zodiac sign, shown as scales, linked with fairness and balance
cricket
batsman who bats seventh in cricket
music
scale in blues music with six notes and flattened third, seventh
music
seventh scale tone that resolves to the tonic
work break
year of leave from work, typically every seventh year
alphabet
seventh letter of the Greek alphabet
neuroanatomy
seventh cranial nerve controlling facial muscles and sending fibers to glands
music
seventh note in a diatonic scale, one semitone below the tonic
music
musical scale with raised sixth and seventh ascending
music
related to a minor scale with raised sixth and seventh notes
jazz and pop
chord with a triad, seventh, and ninth
music
the interval comprising an octave and a seventh
ancient Judaism
seventh year of rest in ancient Judaism
mathematics
of the seventh degree or order
theory class
minor mode with seventh degree sharpened, producing distinctive interval steps
abr: United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
federal court for the seventh region in the US
calendar
the seventh month of the Hindu calendar
music
chord with triad, seventh, ninth, and eleventh
Examples of seventh in a sentence
The seventh in line will receive a prize. She played a seventh on the piano with precision. The composer emphasized the seventh in the symphony. She received a seventh of the inheritance. A seventh of the cake was left over. He was the seventh person to arrive.
The seventh chapter was the most exciting. She cut the cake into a seventh piece. A seventh of the pizza was left.
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- French:septième, ...
- German:Siebter, siebte, ...
- Italian:settimo posto, in settima posizione, ...
- Spanish:séptimo, en séptima posición, ...
- Portuguese:sétimo, sétima parte, ...
- Chinese:第七名, 第七, ...
- Japanese:7位, 7番目の, ...
- Arabic:سَابِع, سَابِعَة, ...
- Hebrew:שְׁבִיעִי, שְׁבִיעִי, ...
- Russian:седьмое место, седьмой, ...
- Ukrainian:сьомий, сьоме, ...
- Hindi:सातवाँ स्थान, सातवां हिस्सा, ...
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