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eleven

//ɪˈlɛv.ən//

Noun

A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

Numeral

A word that represents a number or quantity.

Note for eleven

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Forms

Plural
elevens

Definitions

Noun

A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

  1. 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. 2.A number off the charts of a hypothetical scale of one to ten.(slang)

    • I study from eight to eleven.
  3. 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. 4.A football team of eleven players; the starting lineup.

    • I study from eight to eleven.

Numeral

A word that represents a number or quantity.

  1. 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.

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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

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