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eleventh Definition

elev·enth (ē levənt̸h, i-)

adjective

  1. preceded by ten others in a series; 11th
  2. designating any of the eleven equal parts of something

Etymology: ME elleventhe < OE endlyfta: see eleven & -th

noun

  1. the one following the tenth
  2. any of the eleven equal parts of something;

adverb

in the eleventh place, rank, etc.

eleventh Idioms

at the eleventh hour

Etymology: < Matt. 20:1-16

at the last moment; just before it is too late

eleventh Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • finish: Keith finished eleventh in a field of twenty during that first race.
  • come: The following month saw Mike come eleventh in a Welsh Assembly Government-backed poll of the top 100 Welsh heroes!
  • place: The Latics were beaten by eleventh placed Plymouth this afternoon at the JJB Stadium.

Preposition: on

  • grid: Also ahead of Clive was Howard Payne, up from eleventh on the grid.

Used with adjective complement

  • finish: The club remained patient as the Reds finished eleventh in 1986/87 and again in 1988/89.
  • place: Rachael finished behind Germany's Susanne Hirt with fellow Briton Heather Corrie placed eleventh.

Modifies a noun

  • commandment: Think of the recent radio competition to come up with an eleventh commandment for our age.
  • century: In the eleventh century Stanton was held by the de Lacy family, the same family who built Ludlow Castle.
  • hour: On the eleventh hour, of the eleventh day, of the eleventh month of 1918, the fighting ceased.
  • birthday: I remember my eleventh birthday, my sister getting herself killed in a car crash.
  • chapter: The eleventh chapter of Matthew begins with John the Baptist in prison.
  • edition: The 2006 Good Schools Guide, now in its eleventh edition, is available directly from The Good Schools Guide Website.

Preposition: in

  • series: GISRUK Conference Report Kamie Kitmitto The GISRUK 2003 is the eleventh in this series of conferences which began in 1993.
  • league: Britain has fallen from fourth to eleventh in the world league for competitiveness.
  • table: Figures show Alistair Carmichael eleventh in a table of Scottish MPs activities, with 298 contributions in the past year.

Preposition: of

  • series: Clicking on Canals No 11 - The eleventh of a regular series of articles on waterways on the internet.
  • child: He was the eleventh of thirteen children, to General Sir Richard Strachey ( an engineer ) and his wife Jane Grant.
eleventh Quotes

And about the eleventh hour he went out, and found others standing idle, and saith unto them,Why stand ye here all the day idle?

—Bible (NewTestament)

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