seventeen

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Seventeen is the cardinal number between sixteen and eighteen, written 17.

It holds cultural significance as an age on the cusp of adulthood—old enough to drive in most places, not yet old enough to vote or drink.

She turned seventeen last month.

Seventeen magazine targets teenage girls.

age

teenager

Person aged thirteen-nineteen

puberty · coming-of-age · maturation · growth · minor · underage · curfew · prom · exams · dependency

prime

integer

Number lacking fractions

mathematics · arithmetic · divisibility · Grothendieck · proof · theorem · sequence · counting · numeral

milestone

graduation

Completing academic requirements formally

  • licenseFormal grant of permission
  • votingFormally registering a choice
  • promHigh school formal dance

SATs · ACTs · university · scholarship · independence · adulthood · ceremony · celebration · emancipation · majority

cultural

magazine

Bound periodical with articles

  • K-popKorean popular music genre
  • boybandYoung male vocal group
  • SeoulSouth Korean capital city

choreography · debut · album · fandom · idol · Vernon

Categories
Opposites
life stage (as age)

seventeeninfancy

Earliest period of life

elderly · old age · middle age · childhood · adulthood

numerical quantity

seventeenzero

Numerical absence of quantity

none · millions · infinity · one · thousands

Phrases
Family

seven, seventy

Familiarity
Top 3,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G