seventh

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   coming next after the sixth and just before the eighth in position

   The seventh chapter explains the rule.

2. 2
   noun

   the musical interval between one note and another seven notes away from it

   The seventh chapter explains the rule.

3. 3
   noun

   one part in seven equal parts

   The seventh chapter explains the rule.

4. 4
   noun

   position seven in a countable series of things

   The seventh chapter explains the rule.

Common collocations

• seventh chord Adjective + noun

From Middle English seventhe, sefte, from Old English seofoþa, from Proto-West Germanic *sebundō, from Proto-Germanic *sebundô. The -n-, lost in northern Proto-West Germanic, was later reinserted by analogy with seven, equivalent to seven + -th.

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