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Eleventh
//ɪˈlɛv.ənθ// adj, noun
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 The ordinal form of the number eleven. not-comparable
"Anyway, Trumpmentum is real. It is going to define the election. Further, Trumpmentum might edge out Harris at the eleventh hour—which is when it counts most."
Adjective
- 1 coming next after the tenth and just before the twelfth in position wordnet
Noun
- 1 The person or thing in the eleventh position.
- 2 position 11 in a countable series of things wordnet
- 3 One of eleven equal parts of a whole.
- 4 The note eleven scale degrees from the root of a chord.
Etymology
Etymology 1
From Middle English elleventhe, from elleven + -the, equivalent to eleven + -th. This re-formation replaced inherited forms such as endleft, ellefthe, from Old English endlefta, from Proto-Germanic *ainaliftô.
Etymology 2
From Middle English elleventhe, from elleven + -the, equivalent to eleven + -th. This re-formation replaced inherited forms such as endleft, ellefthe, from Old English endlefta, from Proto-Germanic *ainaliftô.
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