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[ twelfth ] / twɛlfθ / SEE SYNONYMS FOR twelfth ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivenext after the eleventh; being the ordinal number for 12. being one of 12 equal parts. nouna twelfth part, especially of one (1/12). the twelfth member of a series. Origin of twelfthbefore 900; Middle English twelfthe, twelfte,Old English twelfta, equivalent to twelftwelve + -ta-th2 Words nearby twelfthtweeps, tweet, tweeter, tweeze, tweezers, twelfth, Twelfth Amendment, twelfth cranial nerve, Twelfth Day, twelfth man, Twelfth Night Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for twelfthHe also has a best supporting actor nomination for his mincing, lovestruck Olivia in Twelfth Night. Who Will Win the Tony Awards?|Janice Kaplan|June 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST There was much better drag this season—like Mark Rylance [in Twelfth Night]. A Tony Voter on Bryan Cranston’s Overrated LBJ, Neil Patrick Harris’s Underwhelming Hedwig|Michael Musto|June 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST The Armory Show, located at Twelfth Avenue and 55th Street, will be on display until March 9th and is open from 12pm—7pm daily. 10 Works to See at the Armory Show in New York City|Justin Jones|March 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST Editor's note: An earlier version of this article incorrectly stated Mark Rylance's role in Twelfth Night. 10 Best Plays of the Year: Richard III, No Man’s Land, and More|Janice Kaplan|December 27, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Yeah, I did a school play, Twelfth Night, and I played Olivia when I was 12 at Bedales School. Alice Eve, the Beautiful New Trekkie, Talks ‘Star Trek Into Darkness’|Marlow Stern|May 18, 2013|DAILY BEAST But the Dafydd of Scotland came more than a century earlier, being born at the end of the twelfth century. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. VIII|Various As the boat glides up to the dock, the ancient castle, built in the twelfth century, is pointed out. Nasby in Exile|David R. Locke In England, as elsewhere, the growth of the towns was one of the most marked features of the twelfth century. The Influence and Development of English Gilds|Francis Aiden Hibbert The twelfth day after we had crossed over the river from Luxemburg found us marching into Coblenz. War in the Garden of Eden|Kermit Roosevelt In the midst of these immortal five hundred images is that of "Marco Polo," who visited here in the twelfth century. My Trip Around the World|Eleonora Hunt
British Dictionary definitions for twelfth
adjective(usually prenominal) - coming after the eleventh in number or counting order, position, time, etc; being the ordinal number of twelve: often written 12th
- (as noun)the twelfth of the month
noun- one of 12 equal or nearly equal parts of an object, quantity, measurement, etc
- (as modifier)a twelfth part
the fraction equal to one divided by 12 (1/12) music - an interval of one octave plus a fifth
- one of two notes constituting such an interval in relation to the other
- an organ stop sounding a note one octave and a fifth higher than that normally produced by the key depressed
Word Origin for twelfthfrom Old English twelfta Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to twelfthduodecimal, duodenary |