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Seventeen

/ˌsevənˈtiːn◂/
A cardinal number which is one more than sixteen.

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Examples:

He is seventeen years old.There are seventeen cookies on the plate.

Etymology:

etymology
The word seventeen originated from Middle English seventene, which is from Old English seofontīene. It combines the words for seven and ten.

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