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Meaning of SEVENTEENTH

Pronunciation:  'sevun'teenth

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [n]  position 17 in a countable series of things
  2. [adj]  coming next after the sixteenth in position
 
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 Synonyms: 17th, ordinal
 
 See Also: rank

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. \Sev"en*teenth`\, a. [From {Seventeen}: cf. AS.
    seofonte['o][eth]a, seofonteoge[eth]a.]
    1. Next in order after the sixteenth; coming after sixteen
       others.
             In . . . the seventeenth day of the month . . . were
             all the fountains of the great deep broken up.
                                                   --Gen. vii.
                                                   11.
    2. Constituting or being one of seventeen equal parts into
       which anything is divided.
    
  2. \Sev"en*teenth`\, n.
    1. The next in order after the sixteenth; one coming after
       sixteen others.
    2. The quotient of a unit divided by seventeen; one of
       seventeen equal parts or divisions of one whole.
    3. (Mus.) An interval of two octaves and a third.
    
 

 

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