seventh

noun

sev·​enth ˈse-vən(t)th 

ˈse-bᵊm(t)th

plural sevenths ˈse-vən(t)s 

-vən(t)ths;

ˈse-bᵊm(t)s,

-bᵊm(t)ths

1

: one that is number seven in a series

I'll be leaving on the seventh.

The batter hit a home run in the seventh.

see Table of Numbers

2

: one of seven equal parts of something

… West Virginia, which produces a seventh of the country's coal …

—David M. Shribman

3

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

the writer's seventh book

She finished seventh in the race.

Examples of seventh in a Sentence

Only about a seventh of the town voted for her.

Recent Examples on the Web

Other than the fourth, the only other time Los Angeles got a chance against Crochet came in the seventh. —Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 25 June 2025

Miami tacked on another run in the third on a double by Jesus Sanchez and an RBI single by Otto Lopez, then answered a two-run home run by the Giants’ Christian Koss in the fifth with the game’s final tally on an Xavier Edwards double in the seventh. —Miami Herald, 25 June 2025

Simons — the first starting-caliber player Boston has added since the 2023 offseason — finished top-10 in the league in made 3-pointers per game in 2021-22 (10th), ’22-23 (seventh) and ’23-24 (sixth) before slipping to 17th this season. —Zack Cox, Hartford Courant, 24 June 2025

Jason Adam, almost exclusively an eighth-inning reliever, began the sixth inning and got two outs deep in the seventh. —Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 June 2025

Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Phrases Containing seventh

• in seventh heaven
• seventh chord
• seventh heaven
• the seventh-inning stretch

Rhymes for seventh

• eleventh

Kids Definition

seventh

noun

sev·​enth ˈsev-ən(t)th 

1

: one that is number seven in a series see number

2

: the difference in pitch between the first tone and the seventh tone of a scale

seventh adjective or adverb