I. |sevən.|tēn, -ev ə m|-, -eb ə m|- adjective
Etymology: Middle English seventene, adjective & pron., from Old English seofontīene, seofontȳne, seofontēne (akin to Old Norse sjautjān, sjautān seventeen), from seofon seven + -tīene, -tȳne, -tēne (from tīen, tȳn, tēn ten) — more at seven , ten
: being one more than 16 in number
seventeen years
— used prepositively to designate various years of the 18th century
the seventeen -eighties
the early seventeen -hundreds
— see number table
II. pronoun, plural in construction
Etymology: Middle English seventene
: 17 countable persons or things not specified but under consideration and being enumerated
seventeen are here
seventeen were found
III. noun
( -s )
1. : 10 and seven
2.
a. : 17 units or objects
a total of seventeen
b. : a group or set of 17
3. : the numerable quantity symbolized by the arabic numerals 17
4. : the 17th in a set or series ; especially : an article of clothing of the 17th size
wears a seventeen