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elevens

elevens is the plural of eleven.

Meaning of eleven

Noun

eleven (plural elevens)

  1. A cricket team of eleven players. Hence first eleven - the team of best cricket players (at a school), second eleven - the "B" team, etc.
  2. A football team of eleven players; the starting lineup.
    • Sneeze is well known by all followers of U. of D. athletics for his great work at halfback on the Flyers' eleven for the past four seasons [...]1926, J. Conoboy, “Walter Achiu: Chinese-Hawaiian Athlete Will Be Leader of Flyers On Cinder Path This Year”, in The Dayton Herald, page 21
  3. (US, countable, slang) An exceptional specimen, (particularly) a physically attractive person.
  4. (US, countable, slang) A very high level of intensity.

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Phrases with elevens

Questions about elevens

What is elevens the plural of?
Elevens is the plural of eleven.

Words near elevens in the dictionary

  1. elevenish
  2. elevenness
  3. elevenpence
  4. elevenpences
  5. elevenpenny
  6. elevens
  7. elevenscore
  8. elevenses
  9. elevensies
  10. elevensome
  11. elevensomes

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