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

The Red Wings rank seventh in the Eastern Conference with 18 points and the Blackhawks are eighth in the Western Conference with 17 points. —Data Skrive, New York Times, 9 Nov. 2025

Henrik Lundqvist is sixth with 459 wins, Curtis Joseph seventh with 454 wins and Terry Sawchuk eighth with 445 wins. —Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 8 Nov. 2025

Eclipse and Pegram also had two horses in the field of the $7 million Longines Breeders’ Cup Classic – Journalism (fourth) and Nevada Beach (seventh), respectively. —Kelley Carlson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Nov. 2025

Down 4-2 in the seventh, Max Muncy homered, and in the top of the ninth, the unlikely Miguel Rojas, who wasn’t in the lineup until Game 6, tied it with a one-out homer against Jays closer Jeff Hoffman. —Barry M. Bloom, Sportico.com, 2 Nov. 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