Hypertext Webster Gateway: "seventeen"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Seventeen \Sev"en*teen`\, a. [OE. seventene, AS. seofont[=y]ne,
i. e., seven-ten. Cf. {Seventy}.]
One more than sixteen; ten and seven added; as, seventeen
years.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Seventeen \Sev"en*teen`\, n.
1. The number greater by one than sixteen; the sum of ten and
seven; seventeen units or objects.
2. A symbol denoting seventeen units, as 17, or xvii.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
seventeen
adj : being one more than sixteen [syn: {17}, {xvii}]
n : the cardinal number that is the sum of sixteen and one [syn:
{17}, {XVII}]
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