thirteen
a cardinal number, 10 plus 3.
a symbol for this number, as 13 or XIII.
a set of this many persons or things.
amounting to 13 in number.
Origin of thirteen
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How to use thirteen in a sentence
Only about twelve or thirteen minutes had passed since she left Judi, though adrenaline made it feel like hours.
The Women Who Fought to Defend Their Homes Against ISIS | Gayle Tzemach Lemmon | February 22, 2021 | TimeShe began her career as a model at the age of thirteen, modeling for Dolce & Gabbana and Dior.
‘Spectre’ Casts 50-Year-Old Bond Girl For 007 to Do Sex To | Amy Zimmerman | December 5, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAt thirteen years old, de Forest speaks with the confidence and the knowledge of someone much older.
Last year, I went to India with my daughter who was thirteen at the time to meet some artisans.
For him to get killed in action thirteen years after the war began.
thirteen years after 9/11, the World Trade Center is undergoing a massive transformation.
Fatigue he never knew, and on one occasion he was said to have spent thirteen days and nights in the saddle.
Napoleon's Marshals | R. P. Dunn-PattisonTombs had two horses shot under him, and thirteen out of fifty men in his battery were killed or wounded.
The Red Year | Louis TracyCongress declared the authority of England over the thirteen colonies abolished.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology | Joel MunsellAt the end of 1881 there were 93,776 children in the borough between the ages of three and thirteen.
Showell's Dictionary of Birmingham | Thomas T. Harman and Walter ShowellColonel Guitar reported his loss in the battle as thirteen killed and fifty-five wounded.
The Courier of the Ozarks | Byron A. Dunn
British Dictionary definitions for thirteen
/ (ˈθɜːˈtiːn) /
the cardinal number that is the sum of ten and three and is a prime number: See also number (def. 1)
a numeral, 13, XIII, etc, representing this number
the amount or quantity that is three more than ten; baker's dozen
something represented by, representing, or consisting of 13 units
amounting to thirteen: thirteen buses
(as pronoun): thirteen of them fell
Origin of thirteen
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