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1    usually prenominal  
a    coming after the sixth and before the eighth in numbering or counting order, position, time, etc.; being the ordinal number of seven: often written 7th  
b    (as n.)  
she left on the seventh, he was the seventh to arrive     
a    one of seven equal or nearly equal parts of an object, quantity, measurement, etc.  
b    (as modifier)  
a seventh part     
3    the fraction equal to one divided by seven (1/7)  
4      (Music)  
   See also       major       13       minor       4       interval       5  
c       short for       seventh chord  
5      (Also)    seventhly   after the sixth person, position, event, etc.  
      sentence connector  
6      (Also)    seventhly   as the seventh point: linking what follows to the previous statements, as in a speech or argument  

diminished seventh chord  
      n   a chord often used in an enharmonic modulation and very common in modern music, esp. jazz and pop music, consisting of a diminished triad with an added diminished seventh above the root,   (Often shortened to)    diminished seventh  
dominant seventh chord  
      n   a chord consisting of the dominant and the major third, perfect fifth, and minor seventh above it. Its most natural resolution is to a chord on the tonic  
major seventh chord  
      n   a chord much used in modern music, esp. jazz and pop, consisting of a major triad with an added major seventh above the root  
   Compare       minor seventh chord     (Often shortened to)    major seventh  
minor seventh chord  
      n   a chord consisting of a minor triad with an added minor seventh above the root  
   Compare       major seventh chord     (Often shortened to)    minor seventh  
seventh chord  
      n     (Music)   a chord consisting of a triad with a seventh added above the root  
   See       dominant seventh chord       diminished seventh chord       major seventh chord       minor seventh chord  
Seventh-Day Adventist  
seventh heaven  
1    the final state of eternal bliss, esp. according to Talmudic and Muslim eschatology  
2    a state of supreme happiness  
     (C19: so named from the belief that there are seven levels of heaven, the seventh and most exalted being the abode of God and the angels)  
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