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eleven
/əˈlɛv.ən/
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What does eleven mean?
numeral
- The cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve. Represented as 11 in Arabic digits.
noun
- A cricket team of eleven players. Hence first eleven - the team of best cricket players (at a school), second eleven - the "B" team, etc.
- A football team of eleven players; the starting lineup.
More meanings (3)
noun
- (slang) Deliberate misspelling of !!, used to amplify an exclamation, imitating someone who forgets to press the shift key while typing exclamation points.
- (slang) An exceptional specimen, (particularly) a physically attractive person.
- (slang) A very high level of intensity.
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IPA pronunciation
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“My wife had gone to the theatre. I waited up for her. It was half-past eleven before we went to our room.”
It was eleven o’clock, and, if Captain Nemo found the conditions favourable for observations, I wished to be present at the operation.
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Towards eleven o'clock the ladies from the great avenue a block above Polk Street made their appearance, promenading the sidewalks leisurely, deliberately.
“Do you know what I shall tell him? I shall tell him that about eleven o’clock at night you become peculiarly attractive.”
Once in a while he would go out, in fine weather, it might be four or five hours, between eleven and four.