eleven
11eleven — ► CARDINAL NUMBER 1) one more than ten; 11. (Roman numeral: xi or XI.) 2) a sports team of eleven players. DERIVATIVES elevenfold adjective & adverb. ORIGIN Old English, from the base of ONE(Cf. ↑ …
12eleven — e·lev·en (ĭ lĕv’ən) n. 1) The cardinal number equal to 10 + 1. 2) The 11th in a set or sequence. 3) Something with 11 parts or members, especially a football team. ╂ [Middle English elleven, from Old English endleofan; see oi no .] e·lev’en adj.… …
13eleven — n. & adj. n. 1 one more than ten; the sum of six units and five units. 2 a symbol for this (11, xi, XI). 3 a size etc. denoted by eleven. 4 a set or team of eleven individuals. 5 the time of eleven o clock (is it eleven yet?). adj. that amount to …
14eleven — e|lev|en [ıˈlevən] number, n [: Old English; Origin: endleofan] 1.) the number 11 ▪ She was sent to jail for eleven months. ▪ I never go to bed before eleven (=11 o clock) . ▪ James had worked every summer since he was eleven (=11 years old) .… …
15eleven — /əˈlɛvən / (say uh levuhn) noun 1. a cardinal number, ten plus one. 2. a symbol for this number, as 11 and XI. 3. a set of this many persons or things. 4. a team of eleven players, as in soccer, cricket, hockey, etc. –adjective 5. amounting to… …
16eleven — noun Etymology: Middle English enleven, from enleven, adjective, from Old English endleofan, from end (alteration of ān one) + leofan; akin to Old English lēon to lend more at one, loan Date: before 12th century 1. see number table 2. the 11th in …
17eleven — [OE] Originally, eleven and twelve seem to have meant literally ‘one over’ and ‘two over’. Eleven comes ultimately from a prehistoric Germanic *ainlif (source also of German elf and Swedish elva) in which the first element *ainaz is ‘one’ and the …
18eleven — [[t]ɪle̱v(ə)n[/t]] ♦ elevens NUM Eleven is the number 11. ...the Princess and her eleven friends …
19eleven — [OE] Originally, eleven and twelve seem to have meant literally ‘one over’ and ‘two over’. Eleven comes ultimately from a prehistoric Germanic *ainlif (source also of German elf and Swedish elva) in which the first element *ainaz is ‘one’ and the …
20eleven — /i lev euhn/, n. 1. a cardinal number, ten plus one. 2. a symbol for this number, as 11 or XI. 3. a set of this many persons or things, as a football team. adj. 4. amounting to eleven in number. [bef. 900; ME elleven(e), OE ellefne, endleofan; c …
