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seventh
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22 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. seventh
  2. seventh chord
  3. Seventh-Day
  4. Seventh-day Adventist
  5. Seventh-Day Baptist
  6. Seventh-Day German Baptist
  7. seventh heaven
  8. seventh-inning stretch
  9. seventy-seventh
  10. diminished seventh
  11. dominant seventh chord
  12. eighty-seventh
  13. fifty-seventh
  14. forty-seventh
  15. leading-tone seventh
  16. major seventh chord
  17. minor seventh chord
  18. ninety-seventh
  19. secondary seventh
  20. sixty-seventh
  21. thirty-seventh
  22. twenty-seventh

sev·enth

noun \ˈse-vən(t)th, ˈse-bəm(t)th\
plural sevenths \ˈse-vən(t)s, -vən(t)ths; ˈse-bəm(t)s, -bəm(t)ths\

Definition of SEVENTH

1
: one that is number seven in a series — see number table
2
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
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Examples of SEVENTH

  1. Only about a seventh of the town voted for her.

First Known Use of SEVENTH

12th century

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