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seven
has definitions from the field of mathematics
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[ adjective ] being one more than six
Used in print (Sports Age, 24:9...)I 've heard 10 million mentioned often , but I 'm more inclined to think there may be a total of some five to seven million families camping . Seven million families would total 30 million Americans or more . (The Rev. John A. O'Brien, "Let's Take Birth Control...)In Poughkeepsie , N._Y. , in 1952 , a Roman_Catholic hospital presented seven Protestant physicians with an ultimatum to quit the Planned_Parenthood_Federation or to resign from the hospital staff . (John Harnsberger and Robert P. Wilkins,...)Seven hundred miles south of York_Factory , at `` the Forks '' of the Red and the Assiniboine , twenty-three men located a settlement in August 1812 . (Peter J. White, "Report on Laos"...)From his shoulder_bag peeked the seven inch barrel of a Luger . Related terms |
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[ noun ] (mathematics) the cardinal number that is the sum of six and one
Used in print (Marvin Schiller, "The Sheep's in the Meadow,"...)It was a quarter of seven when the crowd washed_me_up among the other gallants who had established the Astor steps as the beach-head from which to launch their night of merrymaking . Related terms |
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