Seven

Definition: Seven

Seven

Adjective

1. Being one more than six.

Noun

1. The cardinal number that is the sum of six and one.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "seven" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Bible

Literature

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonyms: Seven

Amusement

Ace, king, queen, knave, jack, ten, nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, trey, deuce; joker; trump, wild card.

Fear

Inspire fear, excite fear, inspire awe, excite awe; raise aprehensions; be in a daze, bulldoze; faze, feeze; give an alarm, raise an alarm, sound an alarm; alarm, startle, scare, cry " wolf," disquiet, dismay; fright, frighten, terrify; astound; fright from one's propriety; fright out of one's senses, fright out of one's wits, fright out of one's seven senses; awe; strike all of a heap, strike an awe into, strike terror; harrow up the soul, appall, unman, petrify, horrify; pile on the agony.

Five

Noun: five, cinque, quint, quincux; six, half-a-dozen, half dozen; seven; eight; nine, three times three; dicker; ten, decade; eleven; twelve, dozen; thirteen; long dozen, baker's dozen; quintuplet; twenty, score; twenty-four, four and twenty, two dozen; twenty-five, five and twenty, quarter of a hundred; forty, two score; fifty, half a hundred; sixty, three score; seventy, three score and ten; eighty, four score; ninety, fourscore and ten; sestiad.

Rite

Seven sacraments, impanation, subpanation, extreme unction, viaticum, invocation of saints, canonization, transfiguration, auricular confession; maceration, flagellation, sackcloth and ashes; penance; (atonement); telling of beads, processional; thurification, incense, holy water, aspersion.

Velocity

Under press of sail, under press of canvas, under press of sail and steam; velis et remis, on eagle's wing, in double quick time; with rapid strides, with giant strides; a pas de geant; in seven league boots; whip and spur; ventre a terre; as fast as one's legs will carry one, as fast as one's heels will carry one; as fast as one can lay legs to the ground, at the top of one;s speed; by leaps and bounds; with haste.

Crosswords: Seven

Pidgin English (seven), Turkish (affectionate, fond, loving, phil-, phile).

It took God seven days to create paradise (Batman & Robin; writing credit: Akiva Goldsman)

But I've got seven lives left (Batman Returns; writing credit: Bob Kane; Daniel Waters)

I draw the line at seven unreturned phone calls (Say Anything; writing credit: Cameron Crowe.)

Seven potato, more (Lilo & Stitch; writing credit: Chris Sanders)

24 hours a day, seven days a week (Ghostbusters; writing credit: Dan Aykroyd and Harold Ramis.)

Say you're leavin' on the seven thirty train (Crazy; performing artist: Aerosmith)

When the chimes ring five, six, and seven ("Rock Around the Clock"; performing artist: Bill Haley & the Comets)

Been running strong for seven years (Stay Together For The Kids; performing artist: Blink-182)

After seven days (God Shuffled His Feet; performing artist: Crash Test Dummies)

Seven Thirty Seven comin' out of the sky. (TRAVELIN' BAND; performing artist: Creedence Clearwater Revival)

Seven days without prayer makes one weak. (references; author: unknown)

The average person falls asleep in seven minutes. (references; author: unknown)

Sleeping on the job: This is one of the seven habits of highly effective people! (references; author: unknown)

You are an engineer if you can remember seven computer passwords but not your anniversary. (references; author: unknown)

Seven Santas sang silly songs. (references; author: unknown)

Sick thickets thwarted seven thin sinners from passing through. (references; author: unknown)

Atini seven kovboy (1974)

The House of Seven Corpses (1974)

Seven Alone (1974)

The Magnificent Seven Ride! (1972)

Of Seven Beauties (1972)

Seven Wonders, The (performing artist: Prior/Tabor)

SIX, THREE, FOUR, FIVE, SEVEN, EIGHT, NINE  (performing artist: Wilson Pickett )

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

References

• Autobacs Seven Co Limited: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

• Seven Industries Co., Ltd.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

• Seven J Stock Farm, Inc.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

• Seven Network Limited: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

• Seven Seas Petroleum Incorporated: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

  (more reference examples)

Books

• And the Bride Wore White: The Seven Secrets to Sexual Purity (reference)

• Sam Shepard : Seven Plays (Buried Child, Curse of the Starving Class, The Tooth of Crime, La Turista, Tongues, Savage Love, True West) (reference)

• Skipping Towards Gomorrah: The Seven Deadly Sins and the Pursuit of Happiness in America (reference)

• Pushing Up the Sky: Seven Native American Plays for Children (reference)

• How the Way We Talk Can Change the Way We Work: Seven Languages for Transformation (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Chapter Seven News (reference)

• Expert Opinion On Emerging Drugs Combination - Seven Journal (reference)

• One In Seven (reference)

• Performance Guide - All Seven Guides (reference)

• Seven (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies

• Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Lachrimae Or Seven Teares (reference)

• Seven Up (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech

• Ositech 10/100BTX Card/Bus Fast Enet Seven Of Spades (reference)

• XTREMEMAC Seven Piece iPod Essentials Bundle ? White (reference)

• Snow White and the Seven Hansels (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

Consumer Goods

• Comfort Products 60-2929 Seven Area Massage Cushion with Heat (reference)

• Norpro Ultimate Seven Piece Espresso Set (reference)

  (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

This slide lists the seven early warning signs of cancer. Credit: Linda Bartlett (photographer).

Pictured are seven children peeking through a bannister railing on a staircase. They are looking down from what appears to be the second floor of a home. They are members of a Mormon family who are presently being studied for their low cancer death rate. Credit: Linda Bartlett (photographer).

The bacterium C. botulinum produces a nerve toxin, which causes the rare, but serious paralytic illness Botulism. There are seven types of botulism toxin designated by the letters A through G; only types A, B, E and F cause illness in humans. Credit: CDC.

The Mercury Seven Astronauts. Credit: NASA.

Seven Members of the First Lady Astronaut Trainees in 1995. Credit: NASA.

The cratered face of Semispochnoi, Aleutian Islands, Alaska Semispochnoi just west of Longitude 180 In Russian Semispochnoi means "The Island of Seven Volcanoes". Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

A seven observing party level party with its trucks and equipment Level party of William Gibson. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

On the heights of the crater of Sete Cidades (Portuguese for "Seven Cities" referring to curious rock formations on the peak) . Left to right: L. Tinayre; A. Ranc; Rafael de Buen; Dr. Louet; Cogumbreiro; J. Richard. H. Bouree is in the background photographing the wonders of the crater. Plate IV, print 24. In: "Results of the Scientific Campaigns of the Prince of Monaco." Vol. 89. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

U.S. Air Force Academy Falcons' fullback Nate Beard evades Fresno State Bulldogs' Bryce McGill for a seven yard gain during this play in the first quarter of the Silicon Valley Football Classic Dec. 30. The Falcons went on to win the game 37-34. (Air Forc.

Seven major settlements have been discovered by archaeologists within the Agua Fria National Monument. Here, a portion of a pueblo wall still stands. Credit: Gene Dahlem.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

On the 25th of May, seven States having convened, George Washington, of Virginia, was unanimously elected President, and the consideration of the proposed constitution was commenced. (reference)

This article shall be inoperative unless it shall have been ratified as an amendment to the Constitution by conventions in the several States, as provided in the Constitution, within seven years from the date of the submission hereof to the States by the Congress. (reference)

Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. (The Gettysburg Address)

Germany undertakes to deliver to France seven million tons of coal per year for ten years. (reference)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Sylvie and Bruno, with the Lord Chancellor, made up a party of seven.

Old Fezziwig laid down his pen, and looked up at the clock, which pointed to the hour of seven.

On this public holiday, as on all other occasions, for seven years past, Hester was clad in a garment of coarse grey cloth

She is seven years old.

The Vances lived in number seven.

Six or seven thousand is their utmost power

Seven years

These fields were intermingled with woods of half a sting, and the tallest trees, as I could judge, appeared to be seven feet high

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

A total of 31 cases and seven deaths were associated with these outbreaks. (references)

About seven percent of those with the condition have a family history of keratoconus. (references)

Seven of ten patients reported a 50 percent reduction in pain after using these higher dose creams. (references)

Business

Seven more plants are being built. (references)

Seven hundred E-VAPs have been established in France. (references)

The CNDH has made seven recommendations, which were being implemented. (references)

Children

Ukraine

According to a 2000 press release from the Ministry of Internal Affairs, 100,000 children were registered as homeless; of those, 14 percent were under age seven. (references)

United Kingdom

However, one in seven persons in Britain has a disability, according to the Disability Rights Commission (DRC), which reported that approximately 8.5 million persons with disabilities faced discrimination in work, housing, health, and social care. (references)

Civil Liberties

Macau

Only seven Vietnamese refugees remain in the SAR. (references)

Economic History

Albania

Exports fell by seven percent. (references)

Haiti

About one of every seven Haitians live abroad. (references)

Kenya

The districts are joined to form seven rural provinces. (references)

Human Rights

Israel and the occupied territories

Seven other school children were injured. (references)

Burundi

Seven Hutu attorneys returned during the year. (references)

Israel and the occupied territories

At least seven other civilian bystanders were injured. (references)

Minorities

Ghana

Seven people reportedly were injured; there were no arrests. (references)

Latvia

Ethnic Latvians constitute less than 40 percent of the population in three of the country's seven cities, including the capital city of Riga. (references)

Pakistan

On May 18, a vehicle carrying Saleem Qadri, the leader of the Sunni Tehrik Party, and seven others, was attacked by six men with automatic weapons. (references)

Political Economy

Hong Kong

Seven are appointed by the Chief Executive. (references)

EL SALVADOR

This system allows merchandise to clear customs seven days a week. (references)

Sudan

In July all but seven of the detainees were released from custody. (references)

Political Rights

New Zealand

The Cabinet has seven women, two Maori, and one Pacific Islander. (references)

Tanzania

Women occupy seven seats in the Zanzibar House of Representatives. (references)

Kenya

The National Assembly included six female M.P.'s (one elected and five nominated), down from seven in the last session. (references)

Trade

Lebanon

Seven financing sources together represent three quarters of the total. (references)

Colombia

Groups the seven companies engaged in administering the pension funds (public and private). (references)

Taiwan

A commodity tax must be paid if an imported product falls into one of seven commodity categories. (references)

Travel

Romania

Romania is seven time zones ahead of U.S.-Eastern standard time. (references)

Albania

There is no legislation regulating shop hours and many shops are open seven days a week. (references)

Philippines

Airmail letters between the Philippines and the U.S. usually arrive in seven to ten days. (references)

Women

Lithuania

Seven women's shelters provide assistance to victims of violence. (references)

Ghana

There have been seven arrests for the practice of FGM since a 1994 law made FGM a crime. (references)

Mexico

Since December 2000, at least seven young women between 17 and 20 years of age in Chihuahua City have disappeared. (references)

Worker Rights

Brazil

The CPT reported seven cases of forced child labor during the year. (references)

India

Seven criminal cases have been brought against OFL in connection with the accidents. (references)

Nicaragua

In exchange, Chentex gave each the same severance package as the other seven, who were not rehired. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "seven": iso seven layer model ♦ nineteen hundred ninety seven ♦ OSI seven layer model ♦ Seven Corners ♦ seven day clause ♦ seven days ♦ Seven Devils ♦ Seven Fields ♦ Seven Hills ♦ seven hundred ♦ seven hundredth ♦ seven iron ♦ Seven Lakes ♦ seven layer model ♦ Seven Mile ♦ Seven Mile Ford ♦ Seven Oaks ♦ Seven Points ♦ seven sciences ♦ seven seas ♦ Seven Springs ♦ seven stars ♦ seven times seven ♦ seven up ♦ Seven Valleys ♦ seven wonders of the world ♦ seven years war ♦ seven Years' War ♦ The bodies seven ♦ the seven seas ♦ the seven sisters ♦ the seven wonders of the world ♦ To be at six and seven. Additional references.

Beginning with "seven": seven-acre, seven-album, seven-and-a-half, seven-and-six, seven-arched, seven-a-side, seven-band, seven-bay, seven-bedroomed, seven-birdie, seven-bit, seven-bit, seven-branched, seven-by-four, seven-by-four-foot, seven-by-nine, seven-car, seven-chip, seven-club, seven-column, seven-country, seven-course, seven-day, seven-day-a-week, seven-days, seven-days-a-week, seven-day-trading, seven-digit, seven-dimensional, seven-ears, seven-eight, seven-eighths, seven-element, seven-employee, seven-fathom, seven-feet-tall, seven-fifteen, seven-fifty, seven-fight, seven-figure, seven-five-one-eight-one, seven-fold, seven-foot, seven-foot-by-three, seven-foot-diameter, seven-footer, seven-foot-long, seven-foot-square, seven-foot-tall, seven-forty-five, seven-four-five-oh-one, seven-four-seven, seven-frame, seven-furlong, seven-game, seven-goal, seven-guinea, seven-handed, seven-headed, seven-hectare, seven-hooded, seven-hour, seven-hundred-foot, seven-hundredths, seven-inch, seven-inches, seven-iron, seven-ish, seven-knotted, seven-layer, seven-league, seven-league boots, seven-league steps, seven-length, seven-letter, seven-lever, seven-line, seven-litre, seven-man, seven-match, seven-member, seven-metre, seven-mile, seven-million, seven-minute, seven-month, seven-month-old, seven-nation, seven-night, seven-nights, seven-nights-a-week, seven-note, seven-number, seven-octave, seven-over-par, seven-page, seven-part, seven-party, seven-pawn, seven-peaked, seven-person, seven-phase, seven-picture, seven-piece, seven-place, seven-plus, seven-point, seven-point-solid, seven-pound, seven-pounder, seven-processor, seven-race, seven-sacrament, seven-scene, seven-score, seven-season, seven-seat, seven-seater, seven-series, Seven-shooter, seven-shot, seven-sided, seven-six, seven-snake-necked, seven-song, seven-speed, seven-spoke, seven-spot, seven-stone, seven-storey, seven-strong, seven-team, seven-tenths, seven-terraced, Seven-thirties, seven-thirty, seven-thirty's, seven-thousand-foot, seven-three, seven-three-eight, seven-tier, seven-time, seven-to, seven-ton, seven-track, seven-try, seven-twenty, seven-under, seven-under-par, seven-unit code, seven-up, seven-volume, seven-way, seven-week, seven-week-long, seven-week-old, seven-wicket, seven-woman, seven-word, seven-year, Seven-year apple, seven-year period, Seven-year vine, seven-year-long, seven-year-low, seven-yearly, seven-year-old, seven-year-olds, seven-years-old.

Ending with "seven": best-of-seven, four-seven-four-seven, half-seven, mother-of-seven, thirty-seven, twenty-seven.

Containing "seven": twenty-seven-year-old.

Afrikaans

sewe. (various references)

Albanian

shtatë. (various references)

Arabic 

‏سبعة, ‏سبع. (various references)

Asturian

siete. (various references)

Aymara

paqallqo. (various references)

Basque

zazpi. (various references)

Bavarian

sieme. (various references)

Bemba

cinelubali. (various references)

Blackfoot

ihkitsik. (various references)

Breton

seizh. (various references)

Bulgarian 

седморка (septenary), седмица (hebdomad, sennight, septenary, week), седем (hepta). (various references)

Catalan

set. (various references)

Cebuano

pito. (various references)

Chamorro

siete. (various references)

Chinese 

七 (7). (various references)

Cornish

seyth. (various references)

Croatian

sedam. (various references)

Czech

sedm. (various references)

Danish

syv. (various references)

Dutch

zeven (sift). (various references)

Ecuadorian Quechua

canchis. (various references)

Esperanto

sep. (various references)

Estonian

seitse. (various references)

Faeroese

sjey. (various references)

Farsi 

یک هفتم (Seventh), هفتمین (Seventh), هفتم (Seventh), هفت چیز, هفت . (various references)

Finnish

seitsemän. (various references)

Flemish

zeven. (various references)

French

sept. (various references)

French Canadian

sept. (various references)

Frisian

sân (sand). (various references)

Galician

sete. (various references)

German

sieben (pick and choose, riddle, screen, sieve, sift, sifting, to riddle, to sieve, to sift). (various references)

Greek 

επτά. (various references)

Haitian Creole

setè, sèt. (various references)

Hawaiian

shtatë. (various references)

Hebrew 

שבעה, שבע (contented, replete, satiated, satiety, satisfaction, satisfied). (various references)

Hungarian

hét (hebdomad, Sept, week). (various references)

Icelandic

sjö. (various references)

Indonesian

sapta. (various references)

Inuktitut

savat. (various references)

Irish

seacht. (various references)

Italian

sette. (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

セックス産業 (cement, manufacturer of assembled products, savory, semantic, semantics, semaphore, semicolon, semiconductor, semi-double bed, seminar, semiprofessional, semi-tight skirt, sepia, session, set, set position, setting, setting lotion, setup, Seven-Eleven, sex industry, shoulder length hair, three-quarter bed), 七つ , 七 . (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

ななつ, しち (proper place to die, the point of death), セブン . (various references)

Kongo

nsambwadi. (various references)

Korean 

일곱 (Septenary). (various references)

Lombard

sett. (various references)

Luganda

musanvu. (various references)

Luxembourgish

siwen. (various references)

Macedonian

sedum. (various references)

Malagasy

fito. (various references)

Malay

tujuh. (various references)

Manx

shiaght (septet). (various references)

Maori

whitu. (various references)

Maya

wuuk. (various references)

Mohawk

tsyatak. (various references)

Norwegian

sju. (various references)

Occitan

sèt. (various references)

Papago

wewa'ak. (various references)

Papiamen

shete. (various references)

Pidgin English

seven. (various references)

Pig Latin

evensay.(various references)

Polish

siedem. (various references)

Portuguese

sete. (various references)

Portuguese Brazilian

sete. (various references)

Provencal

sèt. (various references)

Quechua

qanchis. (various references)

Romanian

şapte. (various references)

Romansch

set. (various references)

Romany

eftà. (various references)

Ruanda

indwi (week). (various references)

Russian 

семь. (various references)

Samoan

fitu. (various references)

Scottish

seachd (num. seven). (various references)

Sepedi

a
upago. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

sedmorica, sedmica (hebdomad, sennight, week), sedam. (various references)

Shona

nomwe. (various references)

Sicilian

setti. (various references)

Slovene

sedem. (various references)

Somali

toddoba. (various references)

Sotho

supileng, supa, bosupa. (various references)

Spanish

siete. (various references)

Sranan

seybi. (various references)

Swahili

saba. (various references)

Swazi

-lisôntfo. (various references)

Swedish

sju. (various references)

Tagalog

siyete, pito, pitó. (various references)

Tahitian

hitu. (various references)

Thai

สิ่งที่มีค่าเท่ากับเจ็ด, จำนวนเจ็ด. (various references)

Tswana

supa, bosupa. (various references)

Turkish

yedi (hepta-, sept-). (various references)

Turkmen 

яedi. (various references)

Ukrainian

сім. (various references)

Vietnamese 

bảy. (various references)

Welsh

saith. (various references)

Wolof

jurom-ñaari, juróom-ñaari, juróom-ñaar. (various references)

Xhosa

lesixhenxe, isixhenxe, asixhenxe. (various references)

Zulu

isikhombisa. (various references)

imin. (various references)

Coccinella 7-punctata, Coccinella septempunctata, Heptranchias perlo, septem, septum. (various references)

hapta. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations

Words beginning with "seven": sevenfold, sevens, seventeen, seventeens, seventeenth, seventeenths, seventh, sevenths, seventies, seventieth, seventieths, seventy. (additional references)

Words containing "seven": misevent, misevents. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Seven" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: beven, bevven, ceven, Deven, devenu, essen, neven, saben, salven, savan, saveh, saven, savern, savon, Savvin, Seaven, seben, seden, seev, seeve, sehen, seken, Selen, Selvin, Selvon, Senen, seoven, seren, sev, Sevak, Sevcenko, seve, sevel, sevene, sevent, severn, Sevin, sev'n, sevy, sexen, Sieben, sieven, soben, soven, svan, sve, svee, svem, sven, weven, Zeesen, zeven. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: evens, neves.

-1 letter: even, eves, neve, seen, sene, vees.

-2 letters: ens, eve, nee, see, sen, vee.

-3 letters: en, es, ne.

+1 letter: envies, events, nerves, nieves, sevens, sweven, veenas, venges, venose, venues.

+2 letters: avenges, avenses, avenues, deveins, elevens, elevons, endives, enslave, enviers, eveners, evenest, evinces, evzones, genevas, heavens, inverse, leavens, pensive, seventh, seventy, subvene, swevens, tensive, veiners, vendees, venders, vendues, veneers, venines, venires, venters, venules, versine, vespine.

+3 letters: avengers, conserve, convenes, converse, convexes, enclaves, enfevers, engraves, enlivens, enslaved, enslaver, enslaves, envelops, envenoms, envisage, evanesce, evangels, evenings, evenness, evensong, eversion, evilness, innerves, inverses, invested, invitees, inweaves, liveners, liveness, misevent, naivetes, navettes, nerviest, nervines, nervules, nervures, nosedive, novelise, overseen, oversewn, prevents, raveners, reinvest, reshaven, revenges, revenues, scavenge, sevenths, severing, sirvente, sleeving, sniveled, sniveler, steeving, subvened, subvenes, universe, unlevels, unnerves, unreeves, unserved, unversed, unweaves, valences, veiniest, veinless, veinlets, veinules, vendaces, vendeuse, venenose, veneries, venomers, ventages, ventless, ventures, venulose, verbenas, verniers, vernixes, verseman, versemen, versines, vestment, veterans, vileness, vineries.