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twelve
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[ adjective ] denoting a quantity consisting of 12 items or units
Used in print (The New York Times,...)Arnold_Palmer has been a blazing figure in golf over the past twelve months . (Edward E. Kelly, S.J., "Christian Unity in England"...)A Catholic priest recently recounted how in the chapel of a large city_university , following Anglican evensong , at which there was a congregation of twelve , he celebrated Mass before more_than a_hundred . (Frank Getlein and Harold C. Gardiner, S.J., Movies,...)One reel - from eight to twelve minutes - became the standard length from the year of Robbery , 1903 , until Griffith shattered that limit forever with Birth_of_a_Nation in 1915 . (Jim Berry Pearson, The Maxwell Land Grant....)Traveling all night , Clark and twelve men arrived at about seven o'clock May 22 . (Gerald Green, The Heartless Light....)He did not see Sparling , or DeGroot , or Ringel , or any of the feverish crew that had so harassed him twelve hours ago . Related terms |
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[ noun ] (mathematics) the cardinal number that is the sum of eleven and one
Used in print (Ann Hebson, The Lattimer Legend....)He had the hardest pains of growing before him now , as he approached twelve . Related terms |
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