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ˈsevn I Number Cookies Left Sweden’s Top Financial

Word3 seven
WordType (number)
Phonetic /ˈsevn/ /ˈsevn/
Example
  • there are seven cookies left.
  • seven of sweden’s top financial experts
  • ten people were invited but only seven turned up.
  • can you lend me seven dollars?
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seven

(number)/ˈsevn/ /ˈsevn/
  1. 7
    • There are seven cookies left.
    • seven of Sweden’s top financial experts
    • Ten people were invited but only seven turned up.
    • Can you lend me seven dollars?
    • a seven-month contract
    • Look at page seven.
    • Seven and two is nine.
    • Two sevens are fourteen.
    • I can't read your writing—is this meant to be a seven?
    • The bulbs are planted in fives or sevens (= groups of five or seven).
    • We moved to America when I was seven (= seven years old).
    • Shall we meet at seven (= at seven o'clock), then?
  2. in a confused state; not well organized
    • I haven't had time to clear up, so I'm all at sixes and sevens.
  3. the desire for new sexual experience that is thought to be felt after seven years of marriage
  4. Word Origin

    • Old English seofon, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch zeven and German sieben, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin septem and Greek hepta.
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