seventh

noun

sev·​enth ˈse-vən(t)th 

ˈse-bᵊm(t)th

plural sevenths ˈse-vən(t)s 

-vən(t)ths;

ˈse-bᵊm(t)s,

-bᵊm(t)ths

1

: one that is number seven in a series

I'll be leaving on the seventh.

The batter hit a home run in the seventh.

see Table of Numbers

2

: one of seven equal parts of something

… West Virginia, which produces a seventh of the country's coal …

—David M. Shribman

3

a

: a musical interval embracing seven diatonic degrees

b

: a tone at this interval

specifically : leading tone

c

: the harmonic combination of two tones a seventh apart

seventh adjective or adverb

the writer's seventh book

She finished seventh in the race.

Examples of seventh in a Sentence

Only about a seventh of the town voted for her.

Recent Examples on the Web

Baldwin provided a brief spark in the seventh with a solo home run to right-center against the right-hander. —Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 3 Apr. 2025

Paul Goldschmidt and Cody Bellinger plated two more runs with a single and a sac fly, respectively, in the seventh before Chisholm smoked his second homer of the game and third in two days. —Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 30 Mar. 2025

The Magic beat Sacramento to improve to 36-39 and move past 36-39 Atlanta for seventh in the East. —Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 30 Mar. 2025

Edison 9, Newport Harbor 8: The Chargers won it in the bottom of the seventh on a passed ball. —Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 29 Mar. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Phrases Containing seventh

• in seventh heaven
• seventh chord
• seventh heaven
• the seventh-inning stretch

Rhymes for seventh

• eleventh

Kids Definition

seventh

noun

sev·​enth ˈsev-ən(t)th 

1

: one that is number seven in a series see number

2

: the difference in pitch between the first tone and the seventh tone of a scale

seventh adjective or adverb