eleven Definition
elev·en (ē lev′ən, i-)
adjective
totaling one more than ten
Etymology: ME elleven < OE endleofan, akin to OFris andlofa, OHG einlif (Ger elf) < Gmc *ainlif, lit., one left over (after ten) < *ain- (OE an: see a, an + *-lif, left over, prob. < IE base *leikw-, to leave behind > loan
noun
- the cardinal number between ten and twelve; 11; XI
- any group of eleven people or things; esp., a football or cricket team
- something numbered eleven or having eleven units, as a throw of dice
eleven Usage Examples
Converse of object
- start: The first 11 player's names he hits are the starting eleven.
- furnish: Durley House is an " all suite hotel " comprising just eleven elegantly furnished one and two bedroom elegant apartments.
- comprise: The program comprises eleven Constitution Unit research projects, underwritten by a regular series of monitoring reports.
- arrest: It left hundreds injured and eleven arrested, nine of whom were badly mistreated.
- age: This movie features a somewhat controversial scene in which Dunst, then aged eleven, had to kiss Brad Pitt, who was 29.
Adjective modifier
- least: About fifty nuclear warheads and at least eleven nuclear reactors lie on our ocean floors.
- past: We came to Aberdeen at half an hour past eleven.
Modifies a noun
- disciple: The figure of Jesus with the eleven disciples safely held in the shape of his cloak represents the safety of a boat.
- o'clock: Don't wait until after eleven o'clock on November the eleventh to break the silence.
- apostle: Peter stands with the other eleven apostles and testifies.
- shilling: January 1775 Samuel Jones He was appointed resident engineer at one pound, eleven shillings and sixpence a week including all expenses.
- year-olds: Action on education Under Labor, one in three eleven year-olds are unable to write properly.
- year: Eleven years later both her parents were killed in an air crash.
Noun used with modifier
- half-past: On Thursday night they went to bed about half-past eleven, he suffering from the effects of drink.
- heat: Heat eleven was a good one for the Robins.
- chapter: Physical security, in chapter eleven, is covered fairly well.
- cricket: Denis attended Bell Lane school, Hendon where his father captained the old boys cricket eleven and naturally Denis was taken to matches.
- verse: Look at verse eleven: Since everything will be destroyed in this way, what kind of people ought you to be?
Preposition: in
morning: We left on a Sunday at eleven in the morning arid that night we landed at Le Havre.
Preposition: per
cent: DfT had reported that eleven per cent were covered by March 2003.
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