Seventeen
noun
1.
a cardinal number, 10 plus 7.
2.
a symbol for this number, as 17 or XVII.
3.
a set of this many persons or things.
adjective
4.
amounting to 17 in number.
5.
(initial capital letter, italics) a novel (1916) by Booth Tarkington.
noun
1.
the cardinal number that is the sum of ten and seven and is a prime number See also number (sense 1)
2.
a numeral, 17, XVII, etc, representing this number
3.
the amount or quantity that is seven more than ten
4.
something represented by, representing, or consisting of 17 units
determiner
5.
amounting to seventeen: seventeen attempts
(as pronoun): seventeen were sold
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