Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The cardinal number equal to the sum of 11 + 1.
- noun The twelfth in a set or sequence.
- noun The twelve original disciples of Jesus.
- noun The books of the Minor Prophets in the Hebrew Scriptures.
from The Century Dictionary.
- One more than eleven; twice six, or three times four: a cardinal numeral.
- noun The number made up of ten and two; a dozen.
- noun A symbol representing this number, as 12, XII, or xii.
- noun plural Same as
duodecimo .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective One more that eleven; two and ten; twice six; a dozen.
- adjective See the Note under
Morris . - adjective (Rom. Antiq.) See under
Table . - noun The number next following eleven; the sum of ten and two, or of twice six; twelve units or objects; a dozen.
- noun A symbol representing twelve units, as 12, or xii.
- noun (Script.) the twelve apostles.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The
cardinal number occurring aftereleven and beforethirteen , represented inArabic numerals as 12 and inRoman numerals asXII . - noun A group of twelve items.
- noun A twelve-
bore gun .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the cardinal number that is the sum of eleven and one
- adjective denoting a quantity consisting of 12 items or units
Etymologies
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Examples
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The authority which the Apostles in this way enjoyed, did not, in any great measure, rest on the remembrance of direct services which the twelve had rendered to the Gentile Churches: for, as the want of reliable concrete traditions proves, no such services had been rendered, at least not by the _twelve_.
History of Dogma, Volume 1 (of 7) Adolph Harnack 1890
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Under the compartments, and immediately above the cornice, are twelve medallions, which were to represent the _twelve months of the year_, characterized by the different occupations peculiar to them: eight only are executed, and these are the months of summer, autumn, and winter.
Paris as It Was and as It Is Francis W. Blagdon 1798
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In the state of the writer, California, one man in twelve is an avowed and registered revolutionist.
Revolution 2010
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In the state of the writer, California, one man in twelve is an avowed and registered revolutionist.
Revolution 1910
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The world number two won the title twelve months ago with a dramatic five sets final over Roger Federer and is looking to recapture that form after a troubled second half of 2009.
Femalefirst.co.uk - Celebrity Gossip + Lifestyle Magazine 2010
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Torture a dozen in case one of the twelve is a terrorist.
Feinstein Issues Statement on Torture - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
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Mr. ASTATQE: (unintelligible) is very Ethiopian, and what you have, actually, combined is the harmonic stretches, what we call the twelve-tone musical stretches because our musical instruments hasn't reached to that stage, so I have actually to use pianos or guitars to actually combine three - to five-tone scales.
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Then you cut that log and you have what you call a twelve foot log.
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Our twelve apostles -- that is what we called our twelve boxes -- were lifted in and tied firmly into place.
Letters of a Woman Homesteader Elinore Pruitt Stewart
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What seemed to have struck the Amerrycan most, was what he described as the twelve most bewtifool Angels, all most bewtifoolly drest, in most bewtifool close, a playing most bewtifool toons on most bewtifool
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 101, August 22, 1891 Various
mollusque commented on the word twelve
Worth twelve points in Scrabble.
April 13, 2009