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Definition
Adjective:
- Being one more than ten: A term used to denote the quantity that follows ten in the counting sequence.
Noun:
- The cardinal number that is the sum of ten and one: The number represented by the Arabic numeral 11 or the Roman numeral XI.
Usage Examples
Adjective:
- There are eleven players on a soccer team.
- She will turn eleven years old next week.
Noun:
- The answer to the simple equation is eleven.
- He drew the number eleven in the lottery.
Advanced Usage
"The eleventh hour": The latest possible moment before an event or deadline.
- They finished the project at the eleventh hour.
"Eleven-plus" (historical, UK): An examination formerly taken by children aged 10-11 to determine the type of secondary school they would attend. (Note: This is a compound term listed here as advanced usage.)
- He passed his eleven-plus and went to grammar school.
Variants and Related Words
- Eleventh (adj.): Constituting number eleven in a sequence; the ordinal form.
- This is the eleventh chapter of the book.
Synonyms
- XI (adj., n.): The Roman numeral representation for eleven.
Related Phrases and Idioms
- "Up to eleven": To an extreme degree; from the idiom "turn it up to eleven," meaning to maximize intensity.
- The concert was amazing; they turned the energy up to eleven.
Adjective
- being one more than ten
Noun
- the cardinal number that is the sum of ten and one