Eleventh

//ɪˈlɛv.ənθ// adj, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The person or thing in the eleventh position.
  2. 2
    position 11 in a countable series of things wordnet
  3. 3
    One of eleven equal parts of a whole.
  4. 4
    The note eleven scale degrees from the root of a chord.
Adjective
  1. 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. 1
    coming next after the tenth and just before the twelfth in position wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
11th11th11thxixith

Example

More examples

"We'd better finish up this project before the eleventh hour."

Etymology

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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