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twelve

Syllabification: (twelve)
Pronunciation: /twelv/

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Definition of twelve

number

  • equivalent to the product of three and four; two more than ten; 12:he walked twelve miles there are just twelve of us in all a twelve-string guitar (Roman numeral: xii, XII)
  • a group or unit of twelve people or things.
  • twelve years old:a small blond girl of about twelve
  • twelve o’clock:it’s half past twelve
  • a size of garment or other merchandise denoted by twelve.
  • (the Twelve) the twelve Apostles.

Origin:

Old English twelf(e), from the base of two + a second element (probably expressing the sense 'left over'); of Germanic origin and related to Dutch twaalf and German zwölf. Compare with eleven

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