eleventeen
eleventeen numeral: twenty-one (21).
Numeral
eleventeen
- Twenty-one (21).
- Many giglets I have married seen / Ere they forsooth could reach eleventeen.1600s, Wither, Weakness
- A relatively large number, not precisely specified.
- "He fitted about eleventeen thousand people last year."1919, Sinclair Lewis, Free Air
- Trust me, I've checked every angle and analyzed a zillion options eleventeen different ways.2001, Rick D. Ellison, Gamble to Win: Craps
- A nonsense number.
- Hobbes: Ooh, that's a tricky one. You have to use calculus and imaginary numbers for this.
Calvin: Imaginary numbers?!
Hobbes: You know, eleventeen, thirty-twelve, all those.1988 January 6, Bill Watterson, Calvin and Hobbes
- Hobbes: Ooh, that's a tricky one. You have to use calculus and imaginary numbers for this.
Synonyms of eleventeen
Origin of eleventeen
From eleven + -teen.
Words formed from eleventeen
Words that rhyme with eleventeen
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- glean
- between
- byzantine
- canteen
- greene
- preen
- Racine
- careen
- intervene
- lean
- wean
- Christine
- obscene
- routine
- skene
- spleen
- submarine
- cuisine
- gasoline
- irene
- red bean
- serene
- -ene
- baleen
- demean
- fascine
- gombeen
- latrine
- pristine
- Qazvin
- sheen
- tangerine
- unclean
- unseen
- vaccine
- amine
- aquamarine
- Beane
- beseen
- bottine
- chopine
- Enigma machine
- Eugene
- gene
- in between
- internecine
- jean
- lien
Questions about eleventeen
- What does eleventeen mean?
- Eleventeen means twenty-one (21).
- What part of speech is eleventeen?
- Eleventeen is a numeral.
Words near eleventeen in the dictionary
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