transcription, транскрипция: [ dʌz(ə)n ]
( dozens)
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
Note: The plural form is 'dozen' after a number, or after a word or expression referring to a number, such as ‘several’ or ‘a few’.
1.
If you have a dozen things, you have twelve of them.
You will be able to take ten dozen bottles free of duty through customs...
His chicken eggs sell for $22 a dozen.
NUM : usu a / num NUM
2.
You can refer to a group of approximately twelve things or people as a dozen . You can refer to a group of approximately six things or people as half a dozen .
In half a dozen words, he had explained the bond that linked them...
The riot left four people dead and several dozen injured.
NUM : usu a / num NUM
3.
If you refer to dozens of things or people, you are emphasizing that there are very many of them.
...a storm which destroyed dozens of homes and buildings.
QUANT : QUANT of pl-n [ emphasis ]
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You can also use dozens as a pronoun.
Just as revealing are Mr Johnson’s portraits, of which there are dozens.
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