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SEVEN
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
One of four playing cards in a deck with seven pips on the face
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("seven" is a kind of...):
spot (a playing card with a specified number of pips on it to indicate its value)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The cardinal number that is the sum of six and one
Synonyms:
7; heptad; septenary; septet; seven; sevener; VII
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Hypernyms ("seven" is a kind of...):
digit; figure (one of the elements that collectively form a system of numeration)
Derivation:
seven (being one more than six)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Synonyms:
7; seven; vii
Classified under:
Similar:
cardinal (being or denoting a numerical quantity but not order)
Derivation:
seven (the cardinal number that is the sum of six and one)
Context examples:
A dose calculation unit expressed in milliliter(s) per animal per period of time equal to seven days.
(Milliliter per Animal per Week, NCI Thesaurus)
A dose calculation unit expressed in milliliter(s) per cage expressed per period of time equal to seven days.
(Milliliter per Cage per Week, NCI Thesaurus)
"Bless me! How old I shall be, twenty-seven!" exclaimed Meg, who felt grown up already, having just reached seventeen.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
Any one of the seven vertebrae that start with C1, connecting the skull to the spine, and ends with C7, which joins the cervical with the thoracic spine.
(Cervical Vertebra, NCI Thesaurus)
Encoded by human XCR1 Gene (GPCR Family 1), Chemokine (C Motif) XC Receptor 1 is a 333-amino acid 38.5 kD seven transmembrane protein most closely related to RBS11 and MIP1-alpha/RANTES receptor.
(Chemokine (C Motif) Receptor 1, NCI Thesaurus)
Chemokine (C-C Motif) Receptor 1, encoded by the CCR1 gene, is a member of the beta chemokine receptor family and a seven transmembrane protein similar to G protein-coupled receptors.
(Chemokine (C-C Motif) Receptor 1, NCI Thesaurus)
I set the breakfast-table in the cabin, and at seven o’clock waited on the hunters and officers.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
The station clock marked only seven minutes from the time when we were due to start.
(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
He slept seven hours of heavy, animal-like sleep, and awoke by the alarm, feeling that he had not had enough.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
“Well, I have been twenty-seven years in the force, but this really takes the cake.”
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)