7
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Definition
Noun:
- The cardinal number that is the sum of six and one: The natural number following six and preceding eight. It is represented by the numeral 7.
- A symbol representing this number: The digit or figure "7".
Adjective:
- Being one more than six: Denoting a quantity of exactly seven items.
Usage Examples
Noun:
- The number seven is often considered lucky.
- There are seven days in a week.
- Her favorite number is seven.
Adjective:
- She has seven books on the shelf.
- We waited for seven hours.
- The recipe calls for seven eggs.
Advanced Usage
- "The seven seas": A poetic or traditional term for all the oceans of the world.
- Sailors of old dreamed of traveling the seven seas.
- "Seven deadly sins": In Christian tradition, a classification of vices: pride, greed, wrath, envy, lust, gluttony, and sloth.
- The concept of the seven deadly sins has influenced Western art and literature for centuries.
- "At sixes and sevens" (Idiom): In a state of confusion, disarray, or disagreement.
- The new regulations left the entire department at sixes and sevens.
Variants and Related Words
- Seventh (adjective): Constituting number seven in a sequence; 7th.
- This is the seventh time I've called you.
- Seventh (noun): One of seven equal parts of something.
- She inherited a seventh of the estate.
- Sevenfold (adjective/adverb): Seven times as great or as numerous; consisting of seven parts.
- They experienced a sevenfold increase in sales.
Synonyms
- Heptad (noun, formal): A group or set of seven.
- Septet (noun): A group of seven people or things, especially musicians.
Related Phrases
- Seven wonders of the world: Various lists of remarkable man-made structures, most famously the ancient list.
- The Pyramids of Giza are the only surviving ancient seven wonders of the world.
Adjective
- being one more than six
Noun
- the cardinal number that is the sum of six and one