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Thesaurus| Adj. | 1. |  11th - coming next after the tenth and just before the twelfth in positioneleventhordinal - being or denoting a numerical order in a series; "ordinal numbers"; "held an ordinal rank of seventh" |
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at the eleventh hourAt the last possible moment or opportunity. I was shocked that they reached an agreement at the eleventh hour after weeks of squabbling.See also: eleventh, houreleventh-hour decisionA decision made at the last possible moment or opportunity. I was shocked that they reached an eleventh-hour decision after weeks of squabbling.See also: decisionthe eleventh hourThe last possible moment or opportunity. Can be hyphenated if used as a modifier before a noun. I was shocked that they reached an agreement at the eleventh hour after weeks of squabbling. I was shocked that they reached an eleventh-hour decision after weeks of squabbling.See also: eleventh, hourat the eleventh hourFig. at the last possible moment. (Just before the last clock hour, 12) She always turned her term papers in at the eleventh hour. We don't worry about death until the eleventh hour.See also: eleventh, houreleventh-hour decisionFig. a decision made very late in a process, or at the last possible moment. Eleventh-hour decisions are seldom satisfactory. The president's eleventh-hour decision was made in a great hurry, but it turned out to be correct.See also: decisionat the eleventh hour COMMON If something happens at the eleventh hour, it happens at the last possible moment. Some of the exhibitions were cancelled at the eleventh hour. Then, at the eleventh hour, I had an accident that almost stopped me from entering the competition. Note: An eleventh hour decision or action is one that occurs at the last possible moment. This eleventh hour decision came as something of a surprise. The company has sold off 31 social clubs in an eleventh hour deal. Note: This expression comes from the Bible, where Jesus uses it in the story of the labourers in the vineyard (Matthew 20:1-16). In Jesus's time the hours were counted from dawn until dusk, with the twelfth hour bringing darkness, and so the eleventh hour was the last hour before dark. See also: eleventh, hourat the eleventh hour at the latest possible moment. This expression originally referred to Jesus's parable of the labourers hired right at the end of the day to work in the vineyard (Matthew 20:1–16).See also: eleventh, hourthe eˌleventh ˈhour the moment when it is almost, but not quite, too late to do something, avoid something, etc: Our pianist had fallen ill, and then, at the eleventh hour, when we thought we’d have to cancel the performance, Jill offered to replace him. ▶ eˌleventh-ˈhour adj.: an eleventh-hour decisionSee also: eleventh, hour11thenUS
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