seventeen
noun
sev·en·teen
ˌse-vən-ˈtēn 
ˌse-bᵊm-
: a number that is one more than 16 see Table of Numbers
seventeen
adjective
seventeen
pronoun, plural in construction
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The signature aria calls for nine impossibly effortless high Cs, and Pavarotti received a record seventeen curtain calls.
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Reagan Alexander, PEOPLE.com, 13 June 2019
One day, a nervous kid of about seventeen showed up, carrying a bucket full of cleaning supplies.
—Adrian Chen, The New Yorker, 8 Dec. 2014
Unlike other U.S. networks, which would commonly dedicate fifteen-to-seventeen minutes of ad time per hour, AJAM sold just six.
—Jessica Loudis, New Republic, 20 June 2017
Hayange, where unemployment is seventeen per cent, used to be a bastion of the left, but its political landscape is in flux.
—Lauren Collins, The New Yorker, 8 May 2017
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Reagan Alexander, PEOPLE.com, 13 June 2019
One day, a nervous kid of about seventeen showed up, carrying a bucket full of cleaning supplies.
—Adrian Chen, The New Yorker, 8 Dec. 2014
Unlike other U.S. networks, which would commonly dedicate fifteen-to-seventeen minutes of ad time per hour, AJAM sold just six.
—Jessica Loudis, New Republic, 20 June 2017
Hayange, where unemployment is seventeen per cent, used to be a bastion of the left, but its political landscape is in flux.
—Lauren Collins, The New Yorker, 8 May 2017
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seventeen
noun
sev·en·teen
ˌsev-ən-ˈtēn
: a number that is one more than 16 see number
seventeen
adjective or pronoun
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