Eleven

[e·lev·en]

The cardinal number that is the sum of ten and one

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Ten and one added; as, eleven men.

Noun
a team that plays football

Noun
the cardinal number that is the sum of ten and one

Adjective S.
being one more than ten


a.
Ten and one added; as, eleven men.

n.
The sum of ten and one; eleven units or objects.

n.
A symbol representing eleven units, as 11 or xi.

n.
The eleven men selected to play on one side in a match, as the representatives of a club or a locality; as, the all-England eleven.


Eleven

E*lev"en , a. [OE. enleven, AS. endleofan, endlufon, for nleofan; akin to LG. eleve, '94lwe, '94lwen, D. elf, G. elf, eilf, OHG. einlif, Icel. ellifu, Sw. elfva, Dan. elleve, Goth. ainlif, cf. Lith. v'89nolika; and fr. the root of E. one + (prob.) a root signifying "to be left over, remain," appearing in E. loan, or perh. in leave, v. t., life. See One, and cf. Twelve.] Ten and one added; as, eleven men.

Eleven

E*lev"en, n. 1. The sum of ten and one; eleven units or objects. 2. A symbol representing eleven units, as 11 or xi. 3. (Cricket & American Football) The eleven men selected to play on one side in a match, as the representatives of a club or a locality; as, the all-England eleven.

Ten and one added; as, eleven men.

The sum of ten and one; eleven units or objects.

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Usage Examples

One of the places where we lived when I was growing up had this big wood out the back. And starting when I was about 8, I used to enjoy just walking alone through the wood late. Eleven p.m. Midnight. Later.

I had to weave and play around with a honey bear, you know, and I could wrestle with him a little bit, but there's no way you can even wrestle a honey bear, let alone a grizzly bear that's standing ten feet to eleven feet tall! Can you imagine? But it was fascinating to work that close to that kind of animal.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

How long was I in the army? Five foot eleven.

She doesn't understand the concept of Roman numerals. She thought we just fought in world war eleven.

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