the cardinal number that is the sum of ten and three and is a prime number
See also number (sense 1)
2.
a numeral, 13, XIII, etc, representing this number
3.
the amount or quantity that is three more than ten; baker's dozen
4.
something represented by, representing, or consisting of 13 units
determiner
5.
a.
amounting to thirteen
thirteen buses
b.
(as pronoun)
thirteen of them fell
Word origin
Old English threotēne; see three, -teen
thirteen in American English
(ˈθɜrˈtin)
adjective
1.
totaling three more than ten
noun
2.
the cardinal number between twelve and fourteen; 13; XIII
Word origin
ME thrittene < OE threotyne: see three & -teen
Examples of 'thirteen' in a sentence
thirteen
Thirteen people have been detained.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Thirteen people were confirmed dead in Kandahar, where diplomats were opening an orphanage.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
The following year there were thirteen weeks set aside for vacation.
John Fisher Tommy Cooper: Always Leave Them Laughing (2006)
The whole project was worth twelve or thirteen million dollars.
Christianity Today (2000)
Thirteen thousand people are found to have malignant melanoma each year.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Employees aged between thirteen and eighteen were to work no more than twelve hours a day.
Michael Burleigh Earthly Powers: Religion and Politics in Europe from the Enlightenment to the GreatWar (2005)
He was just a few months shy of thirteen.
Arthur Herman THE SCOTTISH ENLIGHTENMENT: The Scots' Invention of the Modern World (2002)
She first thought of it when she was twelve or thirteen years old.
Martin, April The Guide to Lesbian and Gay Parenting (1993)
Thirteen people were injured during the rampage.
The Sun (2012)
Thirteen people were arrested over the finds.
The Sun (2011)
Six officers were lightly injured and thirteen people were detained.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
He thinks he was four when that happened and that she was twelve or thirteen when she gave birth to him.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Thirteen days had passed since the crash, mostly in a blur.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
The scenario was just the same as it had been in Brilliant thirteen days previously.
Admiral Sandy Woodward, With Patrick Robinson ONE HUNDRED DAYS (2003)
Thirteen months after she gave birth, we have the answer.
The Sun (2015)
When you are twelve or thirteen and your dad tells you what to do you don't have any choice.
Frankie Dettori with Jonathan Powell FRANKIE: The Autobiography of Frankie Dettori (2004)
After a year the payment of the benefit ceases and you need to have worked for a minimum period of thirteen weeks thereafter before you can reclaim.
Tondeur, Keith Say Goodbye to Debt (1994)
And then my number is thirteen and Josie Pye says it’s so unlucky.
LM Montgomery Anne of Green Gables (1872)
Thirteen months on from his last visit to Wales, he is keen to put the record straight.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
I was one of a dying breed of officers who had effectively been in dark blue uniform since leaving preparatory school at the age of thirteen.
Admiral Sandy Woodward, With Patrick Robinson ONE HUNDRED DAYS (2003)
I am thirteen weeks pregnant.
Siegel, Bernie S. (MD) Love, Medicine and Miracles (1990)
After receiving benefit for the maximum period, an unemployed person cannot claim benefit again until he or she has been employed for at least thirteen weeks.
Brown, Muriel & Payne Sarah Introduction to Social Administration in Britain (1990)