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eleven Definition


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eleven
noun
    1a. The cardinal number 11;
    1b. The quantity that this represents, being one more than ten.
    2. Any symbol for this, eg 11, XI.
    3. The age of eleven.
    4. Something, eg a garment or a person, whose size is denoted by the number 11.
    5. The eleventh hour after midnight or midday.
      Example: Come at eleven
      Example: 11 o'clock
      Example: 11pm
    6a. ) a set or group of eleven people or things;
    6b. football, cricket, hockey.
      A team of players.
    7. A score of eleven points.
adj
    1. Totalling eleven.
    2. Aged eleven.
Idiom: at the eleventh hour
    At the last possible moment; only just in time.
Etymology: Anglo-Saxon endleofan.



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