seventeen

«seventeen» in Mova's school dictionary: the number 17, one more than sixteen — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

number (seventeen)

meaning for a pupil

1) Seventeen is the number 17, one more than sixteen. tree →

2) Seventeen is ten and seven. tree →

sense in the lessons

Maths: a number of things or an age; 17 is a prime number. Everyday: ages (a seventeen-year-old), prices, scores.

examples

• Seventeen birds sat on the wire. tree →
• He is seventeen years old. tree →
• She has seventeen dollars. tree →
• How much are seventeen and five? tree →
• Seventeen is a prime number. tree →
• My sister is seventeen and learning to drive. tree →
• There are seventeen pupils in our reading group. tree →
• She was now seventeen, and he nineteen years old. tree →

note

A number word; read it as 17. Trap: do not confuse seventeen (17) with seventy (70): «-teen» means plus ten, «-ty» means tens. Stress: sev-en-TEEN.

Trees and pragmatics

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