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eleventh

[ ih-lev-uhnth ]

adjective

  1. next after the tenth; being the ordinal number for 11.
  2. being one of 11 equal parts.


noun

  1. an eleventh part, especially of one (1/11).
  2. the eleventh member of a series.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of eleventh1

before 1000; Middle English enleventh, enlefte, Old English endlyfta (akin to Old Frisian andlofta, Old Saxon ellifto ). See eleven, -th 2

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Example Sentences

The Friars sit eleventh in the latest AP poll and project as a No.

It is not known when or if the queen will meet her eleventh great grandchild.

Eleventh place is quite the crowning achievement for the little isthmus—especially considering the low quality offerings.

Pointing to the elevator bank, they say in unison, "Eleventh floor."

All this has created an outpouring of national sentiment and a predictable flurry of eleventh-hour government initiatives.

She won an Emmy in 1963 for an episode of The Eleventh Hour.

No more eleventh-hour miracles—the inevitable finally has to happen.

On the eleventh it was washed, and a small grain of gold of the weight of one-half real was obtained.

Given in Paris the 27th day of November, in the year of grace 1608, and of our reign the eleventh.

Before turning up the eleventh card he paused for the fraction of a second.

And in the eleventh year of Sedecias, in the fourth month, the fifth day of the month, the city was opened.

All things considered it was a wonderful achievement when, on the evening of the eleventh day, they began their last march.

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