Associations to the word «Seventeenth»

Wiktionary

SEVENTEENTH, noun. (fractional) One of seventeen equal parts of a whole.
SEVENTEENTH, noun. (music) An interval of two octaves and a third.

Dictionary definition

SEVENTEENTH, noun. Position 17 in a countable series of things.
SEVENTEENTH, adjective. Coming next after the sixteenth in position.

Wise words

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