Definitions for: Twelve


[n] the cardinal number that is the sum of eleven and one
[adj] denoting a quantity consisting of 12 items or units



Webster (1913) Definition: Twelve, a. [OE. twelve, twelf, AS. twelf; akin to
OFries. twelf, twelef, twilif, OS. twelif, D. twaalf, G.
zw["o]lf, OHG. zwelif, Icel. t?lf, Sw. tolf, Dan. tolv, Goth.
twalif, from the root of E. two + the same element as in the
second part of E. eleven. See Two, and Eleven.]
One more that eleven; two and ten; twice six; a dozen.

Twelve-men's morris. See the Note under Morris.

Twelve Tables. (Rom. Antiq.) See under Table.


Twelve, n.
1. The number next following eleven; the sum of ten and two,
or of twice six; twelve units or objects; a dozen.

2. A symbol representing twelve units, as 12, or xii.

The Twelve (Script.), the twelve apostles. --Matt. xxvi.
20.

Synonyms: 12, 12, cardinal, dozen, dozen, xii, XII

See Also: boxcars, large integer

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