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eleven Definition

elev·en (ē levən, 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

  1. the cardinal number between ten and twelve; 11; XI
  2. any group of eleven people or things; esp., a football or cricket team
  3. 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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