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twelfth

   [twelfth]
adjective
1.
next after the eleventh; being the ordinal number for 12.
2.
being one of 12 equal parts.
noun
3.
a twelfth part, especially of one (1/12).
4.
the twelfth member of a series.

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Origin:
before 900; Middle English twelfthe, twelfte, Old English twelfta, equivalent to twelf twelve + -ta -th2
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Example Sentences
  • If there were only a twelfth of the outcry, your correspondent suspects that the practice would be halted.
  • Maybe the twelfth will bring more clarity on national security.
  • Every twelfth house stands empty, repossessed after its owner defaulted on a mortgage.
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twelfth (twɛlfθ)
 
—adj
1.  (usually prenominal)
 a.  coming after the eleventh in number or counting order, position, time, etc; being the ordinal number of twelve: often written 12th
 b.  (as noun): the twelfth of the month
 
—n
2.  a.  one of 12 equal or nearly equal parts of an object, quantity, measurement, etc
 b.  (as modifier): a twelfth part
3.  the fraction equal to one divided by 12 (1/12)
4.  music
 a.  an interval of one octave plus a fifth
 b.  one of two notes constituting such an interval in relation to the other
 c.  an organ stop sounding a note one octave and a fifth higher than that normally produced by the key depressed
 
[from Old English twelfta]

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twelfth
O.E. twelfta, cognate with O.N. tolfti, O.Fris. twelefta, O.H.G. zwelifto, Ger. zwölfte (see twelve). O.E. twelftan niht "Twelfth Night," the eve of Epiphany, which comes twelve days after Christmas, formerly was a time of merrymaking.
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