eleven

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E0086200 (ĭ-lĕv′ən)n.1. The cardinal number equal to 10 + 1.2. The 11th in a set or sequence.3. Something with 11 parts or members, especially a football team.

[Middle English elleven, from Old English endleofan; see oi-no- in Indo-European roots.]

e·lev′en adj. & pron.Word History: It is fairly easy to see how the words for the numbers thirteen through nineteen are related to the numbers three through nine. The thir- in thirteen, for example, sounds somewhat like three, and the suffix -teen resembles ten. But what about the words eleven and twelve? Eleven doesn't sound anything like one, and although twelve is spelled with the same tw- found in two, twice, and twin, what is the -elve? English probably inherited all the words for the numbers eleven through nineteen from Germanic, the protolanguage that is the common ancestor of English and its close relatives, the other Germanic languages like Dutch, German, and the Scandinavian languages. The English words that end in -teen descend from compounds formed in the Germanic protolanguage from the words for the numbers three through nine added to a form of the Germanic word for ten. This form of the word for ten eventually evolved into Modern English -teen. The Modern English words eleven and twelve descend from ancient Germanic compounds, too, and the speakers of the Germanic protolanguage would have recognized the meaningful parts of the compounds just as easily as English speakers recognize the meaningful parts of thirteen and fourteen. Modern English eleven descends from Old English endleofan, and related forms in the various Germanic languages point back to an original Germanic compound *ainlif, "eleven." *Ainlif is composed of *ain-, "one," the same as our one, and the suffix *-lif from the Germanic root *lib-, "to adhere, remain, remain left over." Thus, eleven is literally "one-left" (over, that is, past ten). Similarly, twelve comes from an ancient Germanic *twalif, "two-left" (over past ten). However, as Germanic evolved into Old English, and Old English into Modern English, changes in pronunciation obscured the meaningful elements in these compounds so that it was no longer possible to see how eleven was related to one.

eleven

(ɪˈlɛvən) n1. (Mathematics) the cardinal number that is the sum of ten and one2. (Mathematics) a numeral 11, XI, etc, representing this number3. something representing, represented by, or consisting of 11 units4. (Team Sports, other than specified) (functioning as singular or plural) a team of 11 players in football, cricket, hockey, etc5. (Horology) Also called: eleven o'clock eleven hours after noon or midnightdeterminera. amounting to eleven: eleven chances. b. (as pronoun): have another eleven today. [Old English endleofan; related to Old Norse ellefo, Gothic ainlif, Old Frisian andlova, Old High German einlif]

e•lev•en

(ɪˈlɛv ən)

n. 1. a cardinal number, ten plus one. 2. a symbol for this number, as 11 or XI. 3. a set of this many persons or things. adj. 4. amounting to eleven in number. [before 900; Middle English elleven(e), Old English ellefne, endleofan. See one, leave¹]

Eleven

the members of a cricket or football team, 1800.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	eleven - the cardinal number that is the sum of ten and one11, XIlarge integer - an integer equal to or greater than ten
	2.	eleven - a team that plays football football teamline backer, linebacker - (American football) the position of a defensive football player who plays close behind the line of scrimmagefield general, quarterback, signal caller - (American football) the position of the football player in the backfield who directs the offensive play of his team; "quarterback is the most important position on the team"fullback - (American football) the position of a back on a football teamhalfback - (American football) the position of a back on a football teamtailback - (American football) the position of the offensive back on a football team who lines up farthest from the line of scrimmagewingback - (American football) the position of the offensive back who lines up behind or outside the endcenter - (American football) the position of the player on the line of scrimmage who puts the ball in play; "it is a center's responsibility to get the football to the quarterback"guard - (American football) a position on the line of scrimmage; "guards must be good blockers"tackle - (American football) a position on the line of scrimmage; "it takes a big man to play tackle"end - (American football) a position on the line of scrimmage; "no one wanted to play end"team, squad - a cooperative unit (especially in sports)football league - a league of football teamsbackfield - the offensive football players who line up behind the linemensecondary - the defensive football players who line up behind the linemenlinemen - the football players who line up on the line of scrimmage
Adj.	1.	eleven - being one more than ten 11, xicardinal - being or denoting a numerical quantity but not order; "cardinal numbers"

Translations

十一十一岁十一的由十一人组成的体育队

eleven

(iˈlevn) noun1. the number or figure 11. 十一2. the age of 11. 十一岁3. in football etc, a team of eleven players. He plays for the school's first eleven.由十一人组成的体育队 adjective1. 11 in number. 十一的2. aged 11. 十一岁eleven- having eleven (of something). an eleven-page booklet. 十一...（前缀） eˈleventh noun1. one of eleven equal parts. 十一分之一2. (also adjective) (the) last of eleven (people, things etc); (the) next after the tenth. 第十一eˈleven-year-old noun a person or animal that is eleven years old. 十一岁的人或动物 adjective (of a person, animal or thing) that is eleven years old. 十一岁的at the eleventh hour at the last possible moment; only just in time. The child was saved from the kidnappers at the eleventh hour.在最后时刻

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(a) quarter of (a given hour in time)

A quarter of an hour (15 minutes) before the named hour in time (e.g., "quarter of six" would mean 5:45). Primarily heard in US. A: "What time does the movie start?" B: "Not until a quarter of eight, so we've got plenty of time!" I thought I'd be home already, but with this traffic, it'll be quarter of before I'm back.See also: given, hour, of, quarter

quarter past (a given hour in time)

A quarter of an hour (15 minutes) after the named hour in time. A: "What time does the movie start?" B: "Not until a quarter past eight, so we've got plenty of time!" I thought I'd be home already, but with this traffic, it'll be quarter past before I'm back.See also: given, hour, past, quarter

up to eleven

To an intense, excessive, or extreme degree; at or beyond the maximum amount or normal threshold. (Coined in the 1984 comedy film This is Spinal Tap, referring to the guitar player's amplifier going to eleven, as opposed to the traditional limit of ten.) Some of the best nights we had when we were teenagers were spent just driving aimlessly, cranking the car stereo up to eleven. Whenever our parents' fighting got up to eleven, my sister and I made ourselves scarce.See also: eleven, up

at the tender age of

At the young age of. This phrase is used to emphasize how young one was when one did something in particular. The age is stated after "of." I'm not surprised to hear that he was doing science experiments at the tender age of seven—he's a child genius!See also: age, of, tender

ground zero

The site of any disaster; specifically, and often capitalized (Ground Zero), the site of New York’s World Trade Center, wrecked by airplanes on September 11, 2001. Originally the term designated the central point of a nuclear detonation or similar large blast, but since the attacks of 2001, often referred to simply as nine-eleven, it has been used both specifically and metaphorically. It was first used with reference to the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945 and then was extended to other disasters, such as earthquakes. Referring to the economic downturn, a character in Ian Rankin’s novel The Complaints (2009) asked, “Does nobody realize this is Credit Crunch Ground Zero?”See also: ground, zero

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noun the cardinal number that is the sum of ten and one

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noun a team that plays football

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adj being one more than ten

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