TWELVE


Meaning of TWELVE in English

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) .

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