twelve

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twelve [number]

The number 12

US

/twelv/

UK

/twelv/

دوازده

مثال:

The cafeteria opens for lunch at twelve (o'clock).

Oxford Essential Dictionary

twelve

number
12

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

twelve

twelve /twelv/ BrE AmE number
[Language: Old English; Origin: twelf]
the number 12 ⇨ dozen:
He received a twelve-month jail sentence.
Come at twelve (=12 o'clock).
Their son Dylan is twelve (=12 years old).
—twelfth adjective, pronoun:
her twelfth birthday
in the twelfth century
I’m planning to leave on the twelfth (=the 12th day of the month).

Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

twelve

twelve [twelve twelves] [twelv] [twelv] number
12
Derived Word: twelfth
Word Origin:

Old English twelf(e), from the base of two + a second element (probably expressing the sense ‘left over’); of Germanic origin and related to Dutch twaalf and German zwölf. Compare with eleven.

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary - 4th Edition

twelve / twelv / number

A1 the number 12:

The cafeteria opens for lunch at twelve (o'clock).

a twelve-seater minibus

→ See also dozen

Collins Advanced Learner’s English Dictionary

twelve

[twe̱lv]
♦
twelves
NUM
Twelve is the number 12.

Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary

twelve

twelve /ˈtwɛlv/ noun, pl twelves
1 [count] : the number 12
2 [count] : the 12th in a set or series
• question number twelve
3 [noncount] : twelve o'clock
• “What time is it?” “It's twelve.”
• I have lunch at twelve.
4 the Twelve : the twelve original disciples of Jesus Christ
- twelve adj
• It was a twelve-hour flight.
• twelve days later
- twelve pronoun
• All twelve (of them) came to the party.