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eleventh [ordinal number]
US /ɪˈlev·ənθ/ 
Example: 

the eleventh person

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

eleventh

I. eleventh1 /ɪˈlevənθ/ BrE AmE adjective

1. coming after ten other things in a series:

in the eleventh century

her eleventh birthday

2. the eleventh hour the last moment before something important happens:

At the eleventh hour the government decided that something had to be done.

—eleventh pronoun:

I’m planning to leave on the eleventh (=the 11th day of the month).

 

Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

eleventh

 

 

elev·enth [eleventh elevenths]   [ɪˈlevnθ]  ;   [ɪˈlevnθ]  ordinal number, noun  There are examples of how to use ordinal numbers at the entry for fifth.

Main entry: elevenderived

 

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary - 4th Edition
 

eleventh / ɪˈlev. ə nθ / ordinal number

11th written as a word:

Her birthday is on the eleventh ( of this month).

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Collins Advanced Learner’s English Dictionary

eleventh

[ɪle̱v(ə)nθ]
 ♦♦
 ORD

 The eleventh item in a series is the one that you count as number eleven.
  We were working on the eleventh floor.

Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary

eleven

 

elev·en /ɪˈlɛvən/ noun, pl -ens
1 [count] : the number 11
2 [count] : the eleventh in a set or series
• page eleven
• item/question number eleven
3 [noncount] : eleven o'clock
• I got home last night at eleven.
- eleven adj
eleven turtles
- eleven pronoun
Eleven (of them) were absent from the ceremony.
- elev·enth /ɪˈlɛvənɵ/ noun, pl -enths [count]
• one eleventh of the total
- eleventh adj
• the eleventh person in line
- eleventh adv
• He finished eleventh in the race.