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twelve

[ twelv ]

noun

  1. a cardinal number, 10 plus 2.
  2. a symbol for this number, as 12 or XII.
  3. a set of this many persons or things.
  4. the Twelve, the 12 apostles chosen by Christ.


adjective

  1. amounting to 12 in number.

twelve

/ twɛlv /

noun

  1. See number
    the cardinal number that is the sum of ten and two See also number
  2. a numeral, 12, XII, etc, representing this number
  3. something represented by, representing, or consisting of 12 units
  4. Also calledtwelve o'clock noon or midnight


determiner

    1. amounting to twelve

      twelve loaves

    2. ( as pronoun ) See also dozen duodecimal dodeca-

      twelve have arrived

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Word History and Origins

Origin of twelve1

before 900; Middle English twelve, inflected form of twelf, Old English twelfe literally, (ten and) two leave, i.e., two left over; cognate with Old Frisian twelef, twelf, Old High German zwelif, Old Norse tōlf, Gothic twalif; compare Lithuanian dvýlika; two, leave 1, eleven

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Word History and Origins

Origin of twelve1

Old English twelf ; related to Old Frisian twelif , Old High German zwelif , Old Norse tolf , Gothic twalif

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Example Sentences

Grindr currently has twelve ‘tribes,’ and for some people this just is not enough.

When twelve people are killed by violence, whoever they are, for whatever reason, that is a tragedy and a waste.

Twelve-year-old dance prodigy Maddie Ziegler has suffered the wrath of Dance Moms tyrant Abby Lee Miller.

When it was announced that Jourdan Dunn would be the first black model to cover British Vogue in twelve years it made me sad.

I arrive at twelve-twenty-five and the secretaries are in a tizzy.

It was close upon twelve o'clock, and the "Rooms" had been open to the public for two hours.

At twelve, or fifteen, or sixteen, or twenty it was decided that they should stop learning.

In the next chapter he gives his twelve disciples authority over demons.

With twelve hundred foes around us, we had plenty to occupy all our thoughts and attention.

We had been twelve hours in the saddle, and had ridden over nearly a hundred miles of ground.

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