seven
noun
Simple meaning
One of four playing cards in a deck with seven pips on the face.
Pronunciation
Say it like this:
sehvuhnSay the bold part a little louder.
IPA pronunciation (US)
ˈsɛvən
This word is pronounced essentially the same in American and British English, so one transcription covers both.
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Definition
Everyday modern meanings first, grouped by part of speech.
noun
One of four playing cards in a deck with seven pips on the face
countablecard games
A card bearing seven pips.
The digit/figure 7 or an occurrence thereof.
slang
The soft drink 7 Up.
Word at a Glance
- Difficulty
- A2 · Elementary
- Frequency
- Very Common
- Typical Use
- Everyday English
Word Aura™
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Aura for this meaning
This meaning: One of four playing cards in a deck with seven pips on the face
Used this way, seven is a reasonably familiar word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. It usually sounds natural in a wide range of settings.
- Emotional tone
- Neutral
- Formality
- Neutral
- Intensity
- Not strongly marked
- How common
- Moderately common
- Connotation
- Matter-of-fact
- Usage feel
- Neutral and straightforward
Nearby words
- septet , rarer, so it draws attention
Word Aura describes common impressions, not a measurement. Tone changes with sentence, speaker, relationship and situation.
More ways to use seven
- “He wrote three sevens on the paper.”noun
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Inflected forms
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A card game in which you play your sevens and other cards in sequence in the same suit as the sevens.
Compound terms
Established multiword terms.
The hills on which the ancient city of Rome was built.
Iron with a lofted face for hitting high shots to the green.
An informal expression for all of the oceans of the world.
One of four playing cards in a deck with seven pips on the face.
A form of all fours in which a total of seven points is game.
Impressive monuments created in the ancient world that were regarded with awe.
Related words
Connected by subject or meaning, not by word formation.
Position seven in a countable series of things.
The cardinal number that is the product of ten and seven.
Seven times.
One part in seven equal parts.
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