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eleventh-hour

eleventh-hour adjective: just before the moment that it is too late; in the nick of time; last-minute.

Adjective

eleventh-hour (not comparable)

  1. (idiomatic) Just before the moment that it is too late; in the nick of time; last-minute.
    • Eleventh-hour executive changes are not unique to this outgoing Administration — President Bill Clinton launched a number himself before leaving office.2008 November 5, Bryan Walsh, “George W. Bush's Last Environmental Stand”, in Time
    • Cal State Fullerton students Chenglin Lee and Samuel Ortiz saved me with eleventh-hour bibliographic assistance.2018, Nicole Seymour, “Acknowledgments”, in Bad Environmentalism, page 236

eleventh-hour meaning in Kannada

eleventh-hour in Kannada

ಕಡೆಯ ಘಳಿಗೆ, ಕೊನೆಯ ನಿಮಿಷ

Forms of eleventh-hour

alternative formeleventh hour

Questions about eleventh-hour

What does eleventh-hour mean?
Eleventh-hour means just before the moment that it is too late; in the nick of time; last-minute.
What is eleventh-hour in Kannada?
Eleventh-hour in Kannada is ಕಡೆಯ ಘಳಿಗೆ, ಕೊನೆಯ ನಿಮಿಷ. See Eleventh-hour meaning in Kannada.
What part of speech is eleventh-hour?
Eleventh-hour is an adjective.

Words near eleventh-hour in the dictionary

  1. eleventh grades
  2. eleventh hour
  3. eleventh hours
  4. Eleventh Month
  5. Eleventh Night
  6. eleventh-hour
  7. eleventhly
  8. elevenths
  9. eleventy
  10. eleves
  11. elevon

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