eleven /i-levˈn/

1. The cardinal number next above ten
2. A symbol representing that number (11, xi, etc)
3. A set of eleven things or people (such as a football or cricket team)
4. A score of eleven points, strokes, tricks, etc
5. An article of a size denoted by 11
6. The eleventh hour after midnight or midday
7. The age of eleven years

1. Of the number eleven
2. Eleven years old

elevˈenses or elevˈens plural noun (sometimes sing; informal)

1. An eleven o'clock snack
2. Morning coffee or other refreshment

elevˈenth adjective

1. Next after the tenth
2. Equal to one of eleven equal parts

1. An eleventh part
2. An octave and a fourth (music)

elevˈenthly adverb

eleven-plus or eleven-plus examination noun

1. Formerly, a school examination taken by pupils about the age of eleven to decide to which type of secondary education (academic, non-academic or technical) they were to proceed
2. This or any similar system of selection, still operated by a few local education authorities in England

eleventh hour noun

The very last moment, referring to the Bible, Matthew 20.6,9

elevˈenth-hour adjective

eleven and twenty long (Shakespeare)

Exactly right (the score aimed at in the game of one-and-thirty)

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