eleventh


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e·lev·enth

 (ĭ-lĕv′ənth)
n.
1. The ordinal number matching the number 11 in a series.
2. One of 11 equal parts.

e·lev′enth adv. & adj.
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eleventh

(ɪˈlɛvənθ)
adj
(Mathematics) (usually prenominal)
a. coming after the tenth in numbering or counting order, position, time, etc; being the ordinal number of eleven: often written 11th
b. (as pronoun): the eleventh in succession.
n
1. (Mathematics)
a. one of 11 equal or nearly equal parts of an object, quantity, measurement, etc
b. (as modifier): an eleventh part.
2. (Mathematics) the fraction equal to one divided by 11 ()
3. (Music, other) music
a. an interval of one octave plus one fourth
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e•lev•enth

(ɪˈlɛv ənθ)

adj.
1. next after the tenth; being the ordinal number for 11.
2. being one of 11 equal parts.
n.
3. an eleventh part, esp. of one (1/11).
4. the eleventh member of a series.
[before 1000; Middle English enleventh, enlefte, Old English endlyfta. See eleven, -th2]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.eleventh - position 11 in a countable series of things
rank - relative status; "his salary was determined by his rank and seniority"
Adj.1.eleventh - coming next after the tenth and just before the twelfth in positioneleventh - coming next after the tenth and just before the twelfth in position
ordinal - being or denoting a numerical order in a series; "ordinal numbers"; "held an ordinal rank of seventh"
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Translations
الـحَادِي عَشَرَالحادي عَشَرجُزء من أحد عَشْر
единадесет
onzè
jedenáctý
ellevteellevetedel
yhdestoista
jedanaesti
tizenegyediktizenegyed
elleftiellefti hluti
十一番目の
열한 번째의
undecimus
jedenástinajedenásty
enajsti
elfte
ที่สิบเอ็ด
on birinci1/1111.ncion birde bir
thứ mười một

eleventh

[ɪˈlevnθ]
A. ADJundécimo
at the eleventh houra última hora
B. Nundécimo/a m/f; (= fraction) → undécima parte f, onceavo m
see fifth for usage
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

eleventh

[ɪˈlɛvənθ]
adjonzième
the eleventh floor → le onzième étage
n
(= fraction) → onzième mf
(= date) the eleventh of August → le onze aoûteleventh-grader [ɪˌlɛvənθˈgreɪdər] nélève mf de premièreeleventh hour
n
at the eleventh hour → à la dernière minute
modif [decision, agreement] → de dernière minute
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eleventh

adjelfte(r, s); at the eleventh hour (fig)in letzter Minute, fünf Minuten vor zwölf
n (= fraction)Elftel nt, → Elfte(r, s); (of series)Elfte(r, s) ? also sixth
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eleventh

[ɪˈlɛvnθ]
1. adjundicesimo/a
at the eleventh hour (fig) → all'ultimo minuto
2. n (in series) → undicesimo/a; (fraction) → undicesimo
for usage see fifth
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

eleven

(iˈlevn) noun
1. the number or figure 11.
2. the age of 11.
3. in football etc, a team of eleven players. He plays for the school's first eleven.
adjective
1. 11 in number.
2. aged 11.
eleven-
having eleven (of something). an eleven-page booklet.
eˈleventh noun
1. one of eleven equal parts.
2. (also adjective) (the) last of eleven (people, things etc); (the) next after the tenth.
eˈleven-year-old noun
a person or animal that is eleven years old.
adjective
(of a person, animal or thing) that is eleven years old.
at the eleventh hour
at the last possible moment; only just in time. The child was saved from the kidnappers at the eleventh hour.
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eleventh

الـحَادِي عَشَرَ jedenáctý ellevte elfter εντέκατος undécimo yhdestoista onzième jedanaesti undicesimo 十一番目の 열한 번째의 elfde ellevte jedenasty décimo primeiro одиннадцатый elfte ที่สิบเอ็ด on birinci thứ mười một 第十一个
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In Witness whereof we have hereunto subscribed our names at Cape Cod the eleventh of November, in the Raigne of our Sovereigne Lord, King James of England, France, and Ireland, the eighteenth, and of Scotland, the fiftie-fourth, Anno.
And as up to the eleventh of July no manifesto or appeal had been received, exaggerated reports became current about them and about the position of Russia.
These old Irish manuscripts are perhaps none of them older than the eleventh century, but the stories are far, far older.
The adventures of the Yellow Diamond begin with the eleventh century of the Christian era.
Go to the Red Sea; on the right shore stand many rods--count them, and when thou comest to the eleventh, break it off, and smite the dragon with it; and so the lion will have the victory, and both of them will appear to you in their own forms.
The eleventh corpse--that of a porter--was not found, although diligent search was made for it.
The angles of a Square (and still more those of an equilateral Triangle), being much more pointed than those of a Pentagon, and the lines of inanimate objects (such as houses) being dimmer than the lines of Men and Women, it follows that there is no little danger lest the points of a square or triangular house residence might do serious injury to an inconsiderate or perhaps absent-minded traveller suddenly therefore, running against them: and as early as the eleventh century of our era, triangular houses were universally forbidden by Law, the only exceptions being fortifications, powder-magazines, barracks, and other state buildings, which it is not desirable that the general public should approach without circumspection.
I took no food, or no drink either, on the eleventh or the twelfth day.
By day, one could admire the variety of its edifices, all sculptured in stone or wood, and already presenting complete specimens of the different domestic architectures of the Middle Ages, running back from the fifteenth to the eleventh century, from the casement which had begun to dethrone the arch, to the Roman semicircle, which had been supplanted by the ogive, and which still occupies, below it, the first story of that ancient house de la Tour Roland, at the corner of the Place upon the Seine, on the side of the street with the Tannerie.
Sophia never had a single dispute with her father, till this unlucky affair of Blifil, on any account, except in defence of her mother, whom she had loved most tenderly, though she lost her in the eleventh year of her age.
The big storm of the winter began on my eleventh birthday, the twentieth of January.
Think not, is my eleventh commandment; and sleep when you can, is my twelfth -- So here goes again.