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seventeen

 
Dictionary: sev·en·teen   (sĕv'ən-tēn') pronunciation
n.
  1. The cardinal number equal to 16 + 1.
  2. The 17th in a set or sequence.

[Middle English seventene, from Old English seofontīne.]

seventeen sev'en·teen' adj. & pron.

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IN BRIEF: n. - The cardinal number that is the sum of sixteen and one.

pronunciation One day when I was seventeen years old, I was washing the family car in anticipation of going on a date that evening. — Hugh W. Pinnock, Source: Ensign November 1993, Your Personal Checklist . . . by Intellectual Reserve, Inc. Used by permission.

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: the cardinal number that is the sum of sixteen and one
  Synonyms: 17, XVII


The adjective seventeen has one meaning:

Meaning #1: being one more than sixteen
  Synonyms: 17, xvii


Wikipedia: Seventeen (magazine)
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Seventeen

Selena Gomez on the cover of the September 2009 issue of Seventeen Magazine.
Editor Ann Shoket
Categories Teen
Frequency 12 issues per year
Publisher Hearst Corporation
First issue 1944
Country  United States
Language English
Website Seventeen.com
ISSN 0037-301X

Seventeen is an American magazine for teenagers. It was first published in 1944 by Walter Annenberg's Triangle Publications. News Corporation bought Triangle in 1988, and sold Seventeen to K-III Communications (later Primedia) in 1991. Primedia sold the magazine to Hearst in 2003. It is still in the forefront of newsstand popularity among growing competition. This magazine is mostly for young girls from the ages of 13-20.


Contents

Content

The content of Seventeen includes information and advice about fashion and trends, celebrities, beauty, skincare, hair and makeup, and lifestyles. It embraces many topics inculding body image and university/college advice. It also has a useful health section about nutrition and exercise, and quizzes and horoscopes. The article length is kept deliberately brief. High quality photographs emphasize regular celebrity and clothing themes and it is well supported by advertising targeted towards the big-spending demographic of fourteen to early twenty-year-olds. Originally, it was geared towards seventeen-year-olds, (hence the name), but since then has been trying to hit a wider demographic without watering down the content.

International editions

  • The South African edition of Seventeen Magazine is published by 8 Ink Media based in Cape Town. The editor is Khwezi Magwaza.
  • The Philippine version is published by Summit Media.
  • The Hispanic American edition is published by Editorial Televisa.
  • The Indian edition is published by Apricot Publications Pvt. Ltd in Mumbai.
  • The Malaysian version of Seventeen is published by Bluinc.
  • The Brazilian edition is published by Editora Abril.
  • The Seventeen Singapore is published by SPH Magazines.

Seventeen in other media

Miss Seventeen

As a promotion for the magazine, Seventeen partnered with MTV to create a reality show contest called Miss Seventeen that was broadcast from October 2005 to December 2005 on the MTV network, which only ran it for one season. Jennifer Steele was announced as the winner, and newest member of "Miss Seventeen".

America's Next Top Model

The winners of America's Next Top Model from cycles 7 onwards have each graced a cover of Seventeen magazine including Caridee English, Jaslene Gonzalez, Saleisha Stowers, Whitney Thompson, and McKey Sullivan and the winner of cycle 12 Teyona Anderson has recently appeared. The winner of the thirteenth cycle, Nicole Fox, will also grace the cover of the magazine.

Dear Seventeen

The editors at Seventeen magazine write a weekly advice column called Dear Seventeen for King Features Syndicate, advising young girls who write in needing advice on topics ranging from body image to everyday awkward experiences.

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Translations: Seventeen
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Dansk (Danish)
num. - sytten
n. - sytten

Nederlands (Dutch)
zeventien

Français (French)
n. - dix-sept
adj. - dix-sept

Deutsch (German)
n. - siebzehn
adj. - siebzehn

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - δεκαεπτά, δεκαεπτάδα
adj. - δεκαεπτά

Italiano (Italian)
diciassette

Português (Portuguese)
n. - dezessete

Русский (Russian)
группа в семнадцать (человек, предметов), семнадцать лет, семнадцать (число)

Español (Spanish)
n. - diecisiete
adj. - diecisiete

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - sjutton
adj. - sjuttonårig, av storlek 17

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
十七, 十七人, 十七个, 十七点

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
num. - 十七
n. - 十七, 十七人, 十七個, 十七點

한국어 (Korean)
num. - 열 일곱의, 17의, 열 일곱개의
n. - 열 일곱, 17, 열 일곱개

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 17の, 17歳の
n. - 17の数字, 17個, 17時, 17歳

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) سبعه عشر (صفه) سابع عشر‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮שבע-עשרה‬


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