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sevens

How to use sevens in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for sevens.

Editorial note

It gave me two sevens. They combined to make a nine.

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Definitions1
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Quick take

a card game in which you play your sevens and other cards in sequence in the same suit as the sevens; you win if you are the first to use all your cards

Meaning at a glance

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noun

a card game in which you play your sevens and other cards in sequence in the same suit as the sevens; you win if you are the first to use all your cards

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for sevens.

noun

a card game in which you play your sevens and other cards in sequence in the same suit as the sevens; you win if you are the first to use all your cards

Example sentences

1

It gave me two sevens. They combined to make a nine.

2

We'd buy more triple sevens. He wants to be able to write off the purchase of planes as expenses?

3

Are they still taking the "lucky sevens" approach to file permissions?

4

Statistically, you will roll 7 6/36 times, so there are 6 sevens in the deck. There is only one 2 and one 12 because their odds are 1/36.

5

Ever since I failed similarly I write my sevens with a line through them to prevent them being confused for ones

6

I became good at sevens working in a pharmacy store room in a large hospital where we did continue to count in weeks. Boxes of 112 were common.

7

The three common configurations are "sevens", "primes" and "turned" where the opposite sides are 1-3 2-4 5-6

8

On the first game, an alien wins with a pair of sevens. So the aliens think "hey, it's the sevens that have value!" , and pretty soon the aliens are fighting over the sevens, and they call it the game of sevens.

9

It could even keep track of when to stop rerolling sevens. There are several similar apps already in the store. It would be trivial to write one that auto-rerolled sevens.

10

The "sevens" configuration could also be arrived at by the opposite approach of splitting up the largest and smallest numbers, with everything adding up to seven being a by-product. I took the names as more a classification than actually ascribing intent.

11

> "It's those numbers near the middle that kids find the hardest - the sixes, sevens, eights and nines," says Flurrish's director One problem with getting kids to memorize times table the English way is that those numbers are near in the middle, not at the top. The 11 and 12 times tables can be worked out by the same process as for multiplying by 13, so why memorize for 12 but not for 13 ?

12

As an older gent with a Blackberry, I shall continue to phone seven sevens when I need to book a taxi. Younger people with smart phones appear to be using the Uber app, but there are also apps for the various Private Hire operators and for the TOA. One wonders if there is an opportunity for a 'meta-app' that can price a journey using all three apps and then suggest the cheapest.

13

Yes, a rise in standard of living - but A lost and it would be completely rational for them to reject the FTA. It's even more stark when you consider that the 9 that becomes an 8 is made up, internally, primarily of sevens-that-become-fives and a small portion of 100s that become 200s. So yes, people railing against FTA/globalization often have no theoretical underpinning, have no clarity in their argument, and generally "don't know what they're talking about" - but they're getting fucked and they know it and that trumps the well-worded argument you're looking for.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use sevens in a sentence?

It gave me two sevens. They combined to make a nine.

What does sevens mean?

a card game in which you play your sevens and other cards in sequence in the same suit as the sevens; you win if you are the first to use all your cards

What part of speech is sevens?

sevens is commonly used as noun.