eleven
Forms
- Plural
- elevens
Definitions
1.Deliberate misspelling of !!, used to amplify an exclamation, imitating someone who forgets to press the shift key while typing exclamation points.(slang)
- A: SUM1 Hl3p ME im alwyz L0ziN!!?!
- B: y d0nt u just g0 away l0zer!!1!!one!!one!!eleven!!1!
2.A number off the charts of a hypothetical scale of one to ten.(slang)
- I study from eight to eleven.
3.A cricket team of eleven players. Hence first eleven - the team of best cricket players (at a school), second eleven - the "B" team, etc.
- I study from eight to eleven.
4.A football team of eleven players; the starting lineup.
- I study from eight to eleven.
1.The cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve. Represented as 11 in Arabic digits.
- It was a thunderstormy morning, eleven o'clock, with great dashes of rain pounding against the windows.
- It was also a work of fiction in which another work of fiction (Gulliver's Travels) was real; that Chinese box of an idea is wonderful to discover when you're eleven.
Frequency
Overall
Rare· #4815
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Rare
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
Etymology
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *ís?
Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos
Proto-Germanic *ainaz
Proto-Indo-European *leyp-
Proto-Germanic *lībaną
Proto-Germanic *-lif
Proto-Germanic *ainalif
Proto-West Germanic *ainalif
Proto-West Germanic *ainalifun
Old English endleofan
Middle English elleven