English words starting with sev

Meanings of Seven:

cardinal number

Equivalent to the sum of three and four; one more than six, or three less than ten; 7.

Usage examples:

Two sevens are fourteen

number

7

Usage examples:

I have seven sisters., a seven-week course

Meanings of Sevenbark:

noun

Any of several hydrangeas native to the eastern united states, especially the smooth hydrangea, hydrangea arborescens.

Meanings of Sevener:

noun

With capital initial. a member of the smaller of the two shia sects (the ‘seveners’ and the ‘twelvers’), which acknowledges only seven imams; = "ismaelian". usually in plural.

Meanings of Sevenfold:

adjective

Seven times as great or as numerous.

Usage examples:

Profits have recorded a sevenfold increase to £218 million

adverb

By seven times; to seven times the number or amount.

Usage examples:

His rent had gone up sevenfold

Meanings of Sevenfoldness:

noun

The quality of consisting of seven parts or elements, or of forming groups of seven.

Meanings of Sevenpence:

noun

The sum or value of seven pence, especially in british currency before decimalization. also in † "to stand sevenpence": to serve a penal sentence of seven years' transportation (obsolete, rare).

Meanings of Sevenpenny:

adjective

Costing or valued at sevenpence. formerly also in extended use: †inferior, contemptible (obsolete).

noun

Something sold for or worth sevenpence, especially a pocket-sized clothbound book, typically a reprint of a popular novel still in copyright, one of a series of such volumes aimed at the mass market.

Meanings of Sevens:

cardinal number

Equivalent to the sum of three and four; one more than six, or three less than ten; 7.

Usage examples:

Two sevens are fourteen

idiom

In a confused, badly organized, or difficult situation

Usage examples:

We've been at sixes and sevens in the office this week.

Meanings of Seventeen:

cardinal number

One more than sixteen, or seven more than ten; 17.

Usage examples:

Seventeen years later

number

17

Usage examples:

It is seventeen days until my birthday., a seventeen-story building

Meanings of Seventeens:

cardinal number

One more than sixteen, or seven more than ten; 17.

Usage examples:

Seventeen years later

Meanings of Seventeenth:

ordinal number

Constituting number seventeen in a sequence; 17th.

Usage examples:

The seventeenth century

adjective

(in the position of) the number 17 in a series; 17th

Usage examples:

The seventeenth century, [ c ] her birthday is on the seventeenth.

Meanings of Seventeenthly:

adverb

Used to introduce the seventeenth item in a list or enumeration: in the seventeenth place; as the seventeenth thing to be mentioned or considered.

noun

A seventeenth point or division in a sermon or discourse; a topic introduced by the word seventeenthly; the word seventeenthly used to introduce a topic.

Meanings of Seventeenths:

ordinal number

Constituting number seventeen in a sequence; 17th.

Usage examples:

The seventeenth century

adjective

(in the position of) the number 17 in a series; 17th

Usage examples:

The seventeenth century, [ c ] her birthday is on the seventeenth.

Meanings of Seventh:

ordinal number

Constituting number seven in a sequence; 7th.

Usage examples:

His seventh goal of the season

adjective

(in the position of) the number 7 in a series; 7th

Usage examples:

Our team came in seventh., [ c ] it’s the seventh of may today.

Meanings of Seventh-heaven:

idiom

Extremely happy

Usage examples:

Since they got married, they’re in seventh heaven .

Meanings of Sevenths:

ordinal number

Constituting number seven in a sequence; 7th.

Usage examples:

His seventh goal of the season

adjective

(in the position of) the number 7 in a series; 7th

Usage examples:

Our team came in seventh., [ c ] it’s the seventh of may today.

Meanings of Seventies:

cardinal number

The number equivalent to the product of seven and ten; ten less than eighty; 70.

Usage examples:

About seventy people attended

plural noun

The numbers 70 to 79

Usage examples:

The temperature was in the seventies (= between 70° and 79°)., ginny must be in her seventies (= be…

Meanings of Seventieth:

ordinal number

Constituting number seventy in a sequence; 70th.

Usage examples:

His seventieth birthday celebration

adjective

(in the position of) the number 70 in a series; 70th

Usage examples:

Today is his seventieth birthday.

Meanings of Seventieths:

ordinal number

Constituting number seventy in a sequence; 70th.

Usage examples:

His seventieth birthday celebration

Meanings of Seventy:

cardinal number

The number equivalent to the product of seven and ten; ten less than eighty; 70.

Usage examples:

About seventy people attended

number

70

Usage examples:

Grandpa turned seventy last week., a seventy-room hotel

Meanings of Seventy-eight:

noun

An old-fashioned record that is played by being turned around 78 times every minute

Meanings of Seventyfold:

adjective

Seventy times as big or as much

Usage examples:

A seventyfold increase, the cost was reduced seventyfold.

Meanings of Sever:

verb

Divide by cutting or slicing, especially suddenly and forcibly.

Usage examples:

The head was severed from the body

Meanings of Severable:

adjective

If a contract is severable, it can be ended

Usage examples:

The goods may be delivered in instalments, but the contract is not severable.

Meanings of Several:

adjective

Separate or respective.

Usage examples:

Harmony resulted from this distinct recognition of their several responsibilities

determiner & pronoun

More than two but not many.

Usage examples:

The author of several books