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Definition

  • a number that is one more than 10
    — see Table of Numbers
  • the 11th in a set or series
  • something having 11 units or members
    especially a football team
Other Words
  • eleven adjective
  • eleven pronoun, plural in construction
  • elev​enth i-ˈle-vən(t)th adjective or noun
Examples
  • //I got home last night at eleven.
First Known Use
before 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
History and Etymology
Middle English enleven, from enleven, adjective, from Old English endleofan, from end- (alteration of ān one) + -leofan; akin to Old English lēon to lend — more at one, loan
el​o​quent
adjective
el·​o·​quent

Definition

  • a number that is one more than 10
    — see Table of Numbers
  • the 11th in a set or series
  • something having 11 units or members
    especially a football team
Other Words
  • eleven adjective
  • eleven pronoun, plural in construction
  • elev​enth i-ˈle-vən(t)th adjective or noun
Examples
  • //I got home last night at eleven.
First Known Use
before 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
History and Etymology
Middle English enleven, from enleven, adjective, from Old English endleofan, from end- (alteration of ān one) + -leofan; akin to Old English lēon to lend — more at one, loan
el​o​quent
adjective
el·​o·​quent