Twelve - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |twelv|  American pronunciation of the word twelve
Brit.  |twelv|  British pronunciation of the word twelve

noun

- the cardinal number that is the sum of eleven and one (syn: dozen)

adjective

- denoting a quantity consisting of 12 items or units (syn: dozen)

Extra examples

“What time is it?” “It's twelve.”

I have lunch at twelve.

The clock struck twelve.

At twelve he was a quiet boy.

He received a twelve-month jail sentence.

Come at twelve (=12 o'clock).

Their son Dylan is twelve (=12 years old).

I'm planning to leave on the twelfth (=the 12th day of the month).

Twelve books of mine - mere chaff and draff, much better burnt.

Let them stand to digest twelve or fourteen days.

Twelve divided by four equals / is three.

Twelve is the double of six.

After twelve years of marriage, the two people began to drift apart.

Between the hours of twelve and four in the morning.

Three multiplied by four makes twelve.

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