seventeen
n · noun
Simple meaning
"Seventeen" is a popular song, recorded by Boyd Bennett and His Rockets in 1955.
Pronunciation
Say it like this:
sehvuhnteenSay the bold part a little louder.
IPA pronunciation (US)
ˈsɛvənˈtin
This word is pronounced essentially the same in American and British English, so one transcription covers both.
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Definition
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n
"Seventeen" is a popular song, recorded by Boyd Bennett and His Rockets in 1955.
"Seventeen" is a single by American rock band Winger from their debut album Winger.
"Seventeen" is a song by English electronic music group Ladytron.
"Seventeen" is a song by Australian rock band Jet and is the third single taken from their third album Shaka Rock.
"Seventeen" is the twenty-ninth episode of the American television drama series The Killing, which aired on June 9, 2013.
A lostThe Library of Congress/FIAF American Silent Film Survival Catalog:Seventeen 1916 American comedy silent film directed by Robert G. Vignola and written by Booth Tarkington and Harvey F. Thew.
noun
The cardinal number that is the sum of sixteen and one
Word at a Glance
- Difficulty
- B2 · Upper Intermediate (estimated)
- Frequency
- Moderately Common
- Typical Use
- Varies by meaning
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This meaning: "Seventeen" is a popular song, recorded by Boyd Bennett and His Rockets in 1955.
Used this way, seventeen is a specialist word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. It turns up most in technical or specialist writing contexts.
- Emotional tone
- Neutral
- Formality
- Specialist/technical
- Intensity
- Not strongly marked
- How common
- Specialized
- Connotation
- Clinical and technical
- Usage feel
- Technical and specialized
Where it naturally appears
- Technical/specialist writing
Usage note
In general conversation this sense usually needs explaining — outside its field, people reach for a plainer word.
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- “My little brother is finally seventeen years old today.”noun
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