Definition of twelves Twelves
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Wiktionary 
- twelves (Noun)
Plural of twelve.
Part of speech
🔤- twelves, noun, plural of twelve.
WordNet
NounPlural: twelves |
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| twelve - the cardinal number that is the sum of eleven and one | ||
| 12, XII, dozen | ||
| large integer an integer equal to or greater than ten | ||
Adjectivetwelve, twelver, twelvest |
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| twelve - denoting a quantity consisting of 12 items or units | ||
| 12, xii, dozen | ||
| cardinal serving as an essential component; "a cardinal rule"; "the central cause of the problem"; "an example that was fundamental to the argument"; "computers are fundamental to modern industrial structure" | ||
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- twelve (a.)
One more that eleven; two and ten; twice six; a dozen. - twelve (n.)
The number next following eleven; the sum of ten and two, or of twice six; twelve units or objects; a dozen. - twelve (n.)
A symbol representing twelve units, as 12, or xii.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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twelve
The cardinal number occurring after eleven and before thirteen, represented in Roman numerals as XII and in Arabic numerals as 12.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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twelve
twelv, adj. ten and two.—n. the number next after eleven: the figures representing twelve: (pl.) same as duodecimo.—ns. Twelve′-mo, same as duodecimo, written 12mo; Twelve′-month, twelve months: a year.—adjs. Twelve′-penn′y, worth a shilling: trifling, insignificant; Twelve′score, twelve times twenty, or two hundred and forty.—n. twelvescore yards, a common range in archery, used also in measurements.—Twelve-day writ, a writ in actions on bills, &c., warning defendant to appear within twelve days, otherwise judgment would go against him; Twelve Tables, the name given to the earliest code of Roman law, civil, criminal, and religious, made by the decemvirs in 451-449 B.C.—Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs, a work of the 2d century after Christ, in which, on the model of Jacob's blessing of the tribes in Genesis xlix., discourses and prophecies of Christ are put into the mouths of the fathers of Israel; The Twelve, the twelve apostles. [A.S. twelf (Ger. zwölf, and Goth. twa-lif), that is 'two and ten' (for twá-, cf. Two; and for -lif, cf. Eleven).]
Wikipedia 
- Twelve is a number. It comes between eleven and thirteen, and is an even number. It is divisble by 2, 3, 4, and 6. Its ordinal is 12th (twelfth). Its Roman numeral is XII. It is a duodecimal number.
Part of speech
🔤- twelve, noun, singular of twelves.
- twelve, adjective.
