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eleven

ele·ven

UK/ɪˈlɛv.ən/ US/əˈlɛv.ən/ common slang us
adjective (1) noun (2)

adjective

1.

being one more than ten

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noun

1.

the cardinal number that is the sum of ten and one

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2.

a team that plays football

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From Middle English elleven, enleven, eleven, from Old English endleofan; from Proto-Germanic *ainalif (“one left”) (i.e., one left over after having already counted to ten), a compound of *ainaz and *-lif, from Proto-Indo-European *leyp- (“leave, remain”).

Phrases

  • eleven hundred
  • eleven o'clock
  • eleven plus
  • eleven-striped blind snake
  • film at eleven
  • first eleven
  • grade eleven
  • up to eleven

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