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SEVENTEENTH
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Position 17 in a countable series of things
Classified under:
Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas
Hypernyms ("seventeenth" is a kind of...):
rank (relative status)
Derivation:
seventeenth (coming next after the sixteenth in position)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Coming next after the sixteenth in position
Synonyms:
17th; seventeenth
Classified under:
Similar:
ordinal (being or denoting a numerical order in a series)
Derivation:
seventeenth (position 17 in a countable series of things)