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[ ih-lev-uhnth ] / ɪˈlɛv ənθ /
adjectivenext after the tenth; being the ordinal number for 11. being one of 11 equal parts. nounan eleventh part, especially of one (1/11). the eleventh member of a series. Origin of eleventhbefore 1000; Middle English enleventh, enlefte,Old English endlyfta (akin to Old Frisian andlofta,Old Saxon ellifto). See eleven, -th2 Words nearby eleventhelevator pitch, elevator shoe, eleven, eleven-plus, elevenses, eleventh, Eleventh Amendment, eleventh chord, eleventh cranial nerve, eleventh hour, elevon Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for eleventhEleventh place is quite the crowning achievement for the little isthmus—especially considering the low quality offerings. House of the Witch: The Renegade Craft Brewers of Panama|Jeff Campagna|November 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST Pointing to the elevator bank, they say in unison, "Eleventh floor." Backstage at the Razzie Awards, Honoring Hollywood’s Worst Films|David Eckstein|March 2, 2014|DAILY BEAST She won an Emmy in 1963 for an episode of The Eleventh Hour. The Deaths You Missed This Year|Malcolm Jones, Jimmy So, Michael Moynihan, Caitlin Dickson|December 30, 2013|DAILY BEAST From the trailer, we can see that Queen Elizabeth I is present when the Tenth and Eleventh Doctors meet for the first time. A Primer For Doctor Who’s ‘Day of the Doctor’ Episode|Chancellor Agard|November 23, 2013|DAILY BEAST
The eleventh county is across the way, in the northwest corner. Colorado’s Strange Secession Vote|Michael Tomasky|November 5, 2013|DAILY BEAST Instinctively she knew that in that eleventh hour she must offer all she had. The Safety Curtain, and Other Stories|Ethel M. Dell No insignificant proof this of the mechanical skill of the eleventh century. The Art of Needle-work, from the Earliest Ages, 3rd ed.|Elizabeth Stone Fortune, which had hitherto proved favourable to our brave explorers, did not desert them at the eleventh hour. The Giant of the North|R.M. Ballantyne She had made a mistake, and, realising this at the eleventh hour, she had had the force of character to correct it. The Girl on the Boat|Pelham Grenville Wodehouse In Asia Minor tiles belonging to the eleventh and twelfth centuries are abundant, of a precisely similar character. The Ceramic Art|Jennie J. Young
British Dictionary definitions for eleventh
adjective(usually prenominal) - coming after the tenth in numbering or counting order, position, time, etc; being the ordinal number of eleven: often written 11th
- (as pronoun)the eleventh in succession
noun- one of 11 equal or nearly equal parts of an object, quantity, measurement, etc
- (as modifier)an eleventh part
the fraction equal to one divided by 11 (1/11) music - an interval of one octave plus one fourth
- See eleventh chord
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