seven·teenth [seventeenthseventeenths] [ˌsevnˈtiːnθ] ; [ˌsevnˈtiːnθ] ordinal number, noun There are examples of how to use ordinal numbers at the entry for fifth.
[se̱v(ə)nti͟ːnθ] ♦♦ seventeenths
1) ORD The seventeenth item in a series is the one that you count as number seventeen. She gave birth to Annabel just after her seventeenth birthday.
2) FRACTION A seventeenth is one of seventeen equal parts of something.
sev·en·teen /ˌsɛvənˈtiːn/ noun, pl-teens[count] : the number 17
- seventeenadj • They lived together for seventeen years.
- seventeenpronoun • We interviewed seventeen (of them).
- sev·en·teenth /ˌsɛvənˈtiːnɵ/ noun, pl-teenths[count] • I'll see you on the seventeenth of April. • The bill is due on the seventeenth (of the month). • one seventeenth of the total
- seventeenthadj • The paintings were made in the seventeenth century. • He finished in seventeenth place.
- seventeenthadv • She finished seventeenth in the race.
