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thirteen /θəːˈtiːn / /ˈθəːtiːn /cardinal number1Equivalent to the sum of six and seven; one more than twelve, or seven less than twenty; 13: thirteen miles away a rise of 13 per cent thirteen of the bishops voted against the motion (Roman numeral: xiii or XIII) I figure we probably have twelve or thirteen years left to go....- It's something like twelve or thirteen years since I last had a stream of colds like this and I've been relatively free of them since.
- Previously they have been ranked as the most intense set of examinations in the world, with a maximum of thirteen exams in seven days.
1.1A size of garment or other merchandise denoted by thirteen. 1.2Thirteen years old: two boys aged eleven and thirteen...- The children were ragged and dirty, and all looked to be between the ages of eleven and thirteen.
- Ivan was sixteen, Alexis thirteen, Andrei eleven, I was nine and Natalia was three.
- My most interesting experience from a linguistic point of view was when I moved from Malaysia to Australia at the age of thirteen.
Origin Old English thrēotīene (see three, -teen). The spelling with initial thi- is recorded in late Middle English. Rhymes Aberdeen, Amin, aquamarine, baleen, bean, been, beguine, Benin, between, canteen, careen, Claudine, clean, contravene, convene, cuisine, dean, Dene, e'en, eighteen, fascine, fedayeen, fifteen, figurine, foreseen, fourteen, Francine, gean, gene, glean, gombeen, green, Greene, Halloween, intervene, Janine, Jean, Jeannine, Jolene, Kean, keen, Keene, Ladin, langoustine, latrine, lean, limousine, machine, Maclean, magazine, Malines, margarine, marine, Mascarene, Massine, Maxine, mean, Medellín, mesne, mien, Moline, moreen, mujahedin, Nadine, nankeen, Nazarene, Nene, nineteen, nougatine, obscene, palanquin, peen, poteen, preen, quean, Rabin, Racine, ramin, ravine, routine, Sabine, saltine, sardine, sarin, sateen, scene, screen, seen, serene, seventeen, shagreen, shebeen, sheen, sixteen, spleen, spring-clean, squireen, Steen, submarine, supervene, tambourine, tangerine, teen, terrine, transmarine, treen, tureen, Tyrrhene, ultramarine, umpteen, velveteen, wean, ween, Wheen, yean |