Seven
(numeral)
- A cardinal number; one more than six and one less than eight.
- A group or set of seven people or things.
Origin:
From middle english seven, seoven, seofen, from old english seofon, from proto-germanic *sebun. cognate with dutch zeven, german sieben, swedish sju.
Examples:
- My daughter is turning seven years old next month.
- There are seven days in a week.
- The Pleiades, also known as the Seven Sisters, is a star cluster in the constellation Taurus.
- The seven deadly sins are lust, gluttony, greed, sloth, wrath, envy, and pride.
- Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs is a classic fairy tale.