eleven

CEFRA1

/ɪˈlɛv.ən/

number · numeral · noun

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    number

    The number one more than ten.

  2. 02

    number

    Extra detail

    A cricket team of eleven players. Hence first eleven - the team of best cricket players (at a school), second eleven - the "B" team, etc.

Examples

  • There are only eleven of these rare animals left.

  • We retire at eleven o'clock.

At a glance

Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
3
Citations
4
Synonyms
1

Also pronounced

  • [ɪˈlɛbm̩]
  • /i-/

Deep Dive

number

Extra meaning

  1. A football team of eleven players; the starting lineup.

numeral

Extra meaning

  1. The cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve. Represented as 11 in Arabic digits.

noun

Extra meaning

  1. A number off the charts of a hypothetical scale of one to ten.

More examples

In context

  • A: SUM1 Hl3p ME im alwyz L0ziN!!?!

  • B: y d0nt u just g0 away l0zer!!1!!one!!one!!eleven!!1!

  • It is already eleven.

Synonyms

Quick test

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Question 1 · Quick check

The clock struck blank, so the bar patrons knew it was time to leave.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Origin

number

From Middle English elleven, enleven, eleven, from Old English endleofan; from Proto-Germanic *ainalif (“one left”) (i.e., one left over after having already counted to ten), a compound of *ainaz and *-lif, from Proto-Indo-European *leyp- (“leave, remain”). Compare West Frisian alve, Low German ölven, Dutch elf, German elf, Icelandic ellefu, Danish and Norwegian elleve.