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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024twelve /twɛlv/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- a cardinal number, 10 plus 2.
- a symbol for this number, as 12 or XII.
- a set of this many persons or things.
adj. [before a noun] - amounting to 12 in number.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024twelve (twelv),USA pronunciation n. - a cardinal number, 10 plus 2.
- a symbol for this number, as 12 or XII.
- a set of this many persons or things.
- Religion the Twelve, the 12 apostles chosen by Christ.
adj. - amounting to 12 in number.
- bef. 900; Middle English twelve, inflected form of twelf, Old English twelfe literally, (ten and) two leave, i.e., two left over; cognate with Old Frisian twelef, twelf, Old High German zwelif, Old Norse tōlf, Gothic twalif; compare Lithuanian dvýlika; see two, leave1, eleven
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: twelve /twɛlv/ n - the cardinal number that is the sum of ten and two
- a numeral, 12, XII, etc, representing this number
- something represented by, representing, or consisting of 12 units
- Also called: twelve o'clock noon or midnight
determiner - amounting to twelve
- (as pronoun): twelve have arrived
Related adjective(s): duodecimal
Etymology: Old English twelf; related to Old Frisian twelif, Old High German zwelif, Old Norse tolf, Gothic twalif |