seventh

Pluralsevenths

1. 1
   adjective

   Coming right after the sixth one when you count or put things in order.

   Like the seventh person standing in a line, with six in front of them.

   She finished in seventh place at the regional meet.

   My office is on the seventh floor of the building.

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2. 2
   nouncountable

   The one that comes after six others in a row or order.

   Like the seventh runner to cross the line, after six have already finished.

   He was the seventh in line to board the train.

   Out of all the racers, she came in as the seventh.

3. 3
   nouncountable

   One part of something that has been split into seven equal pieces.

   Like cutting a pizza into seven equal slices and taking one.

   Each guest got a seventh of the cake.

   Two sevenths of the budget went to repairs.

4. 4
   nouncountable

   In music, the note seven steps up from a starting note, or the gap between those two notes.

   The singer reached for a seventh above the melody line.

   That chord sounds tense because of the seventh inside it.

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