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noun
1.
a cardinal number, 10 plus 3.
2.
a symbol for this number, as 13 or XIII.
3.
a set of this many persons or things.
adjective
4.
amounting to 13 in number.
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Thirteen
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| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
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| thirteen (ˈθɜːˈtiːn) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | See also number the cardinal number that is the sum of ten and three and is a prime number |
| 2. | a numeral, 13, XIII, etc, representing this number |
| 3. | the amount or quantity that is three more than ten; baker's dozen |
| 4. | something represented by, representing, or consisting of 13 units |
| —determiner | |
| 5. | a. amounting to thirteen: thirteen buses |
| b. (as pronoun): thirteen of them fell | |
| [Old English threotēne; see | |
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Word Origin & History
thirteen
c.1430, metathesis of O.E. þreotene (Mercian), þreotiene (W.Saxon), from þreo "three" + -tene (see -teen). Cf. O.Fris. thretten, Du. dertien, Ger. dreizehn. Not an unlucky number in medieval England, but associated rather with the customary "extra item" (e.g.
EXPANDbaker's dozen). Superstitions began with association with the Last Supper, and the unluckiness of 13 sitting down together to dine (attested from 1695). Most of the modern superstitions (buildings with floor "12-A," etc.) have developed since 1890.
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