Twelve

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Twelve \Twelve\, a. [OE. twelve, twelf, AS. twelf; akin to
     OFries. twelf, twelef, twilif, OS. twelif, D. twaalf, G.
     zw["o]lf, OHG. zwelif, Icel. t[=o]lf, Sw. tolf, Dan. tolv,
     Goth. twalif, from the root of E. two + the same element as
     in the second part of E. eleven. See {Two}, and {Eleven}.]
     One more that eleven; two and ten; twice six; a dozen.


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     {Twelve-men's morris}. See the Note under {Morris}.
  
     {Twelve Tables}. (Rom. Antiq.) See under {Table}.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Twelve \Twelve\, n.
     1. The number next following eleven; the sum of ten and two,
        or of twice six; twelve units or objects; a dozen.
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     2. A symbol representing twelve units, as 12, or xii.
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     {The Twelve} (Script.), the twelve apostles. --Matt. xxvi.
        20.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  twelve
       adj : denoting a quantity consisting of 12 items or units [syn: {12},
              {xii}, {dozen}]
       n : the cardinal number that is the sum of eleven and one [syn:
           {12}, {XII}, {dozen}]