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 Padres scored with help from an error in the first inning to take a 1-0 lead and scored with help from another error in the seventh to get to 4-2 before Arizona increased its lead to 6-2 with two runs in the eighth against Wandy Peralta and Eduarniel Nuñez. —Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 July 2025

Keith and McKinstry homered off reliever Paul Gervase in a three-batter span in the seventh to make it 5-1. —Marc Topkin, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 July 2025

The win was the Yankees’ seventh in their last 23 games, a stretch that included two separate six-game losing skids. —Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 6 July 2025

Quero lined out to right field in the fourth and back to the pitcher in the seventh. —Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 5 July 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