seven

«seven» in Mova's school dictionary: the number 7, one more than six and one less than eight — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

number (seven)

meaning for a pupil

1) Seven is the number 7, one more than six and one less than eight. tree →

2) A week is 7 days. tree →

3) Seven o'clock is a time on the clock. tree →

sense in the lessons

Maths: a number of things; seven times table; seven is an odd number and a prime number. Everyday: «seven days» = a week; seven colours of the rainbow; seven continents. Stories: seven dwarfs, seven seas, seven wonders of the world.

examples

• There are seven days in a week. tree →
• She has seven apples. tree →
• Seven children share 21 sweets, so each gets 3. tree →
• Seven times eight is 56. tree →
• The rainbow has seven colours. tree →
• There are seven continents on Earth. tree →
• School starts at seven forty-five. tree →
• Snow White lived with the seven dwarfs. tree →
• But Legless threw it seven miles. tree →

note

A number written as a word; read it as 7. Seven is odd and prime. Trap: «a week» may hide the number 7. Do not confuse seven (7) with seventh (7th, or one of seven parts).

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «seven» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.