sevens
SaySEV-uhnz/ˈsɛvn̩z/
- 1Plural of seven. Use this when you mean more than one seven.
The teacher asked the class to circle all the sevens on the page.
He drew two sevens and a three from the deck.
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- 2A fast form of rugby played with seven players on each team instead of fifteen.
Like a quicker, smaller version of a normal rugby game.
He plays sevens for his local club every summer.
Sevens is much quicker than the regular game.
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- 3Two cards that are both sevens, held together in a card game.
She turned over her sevens and won the small pot.
He was hoping for a better hand than just sevens.
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sevens is a form of seven
seven, noun: The written shape used for the number 7. Full entry
- Forms
- sevensevens plural
- Spelling
- seven → sevens: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /z/.
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