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11th

11th

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The place after the tenth and before the twelfth in a series
  • adjective
  • /ˈɛlɛvənθ/
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  • The five students were all entering 11th grade at Waterloo High School.
  • 11th grade
  • 11th graders
  • 11th-grade students

Examples

  • Honey, 11th grade is really important for college.

  • - This is the 11th station.

  • Room 27 on the 11th floor.

  • Eventually, she gave the bird to her boss's son for his 11th birthday.

    Fiction book (2002)
  • Enrolled in the school for 3.5 years, Zoey was 17 years old and in the 11th grade.

    Academic text (2012)
  • Jake was an 18-year-old African American male in the 11th grade, diagnosed with a learning disability in mathematics.

    Academic text (2015)
  • Consulting one-on-one with 11th grade Language Arts students writing persuasive essays.

    Academic text (2011)
  • She taught 11th grade.

  • Room 27 is located on the 11th floor of the building.

  • Honey, 11th grade is really important for college.

Synonyms

eleventh
vs11th
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Coming after the tenth in order and before the twelfth

is the same meaning but shown using numerals

Surface Forms

11th positive

Morphology

11th = 11 (transparent) = 11 + th

Standard ordinal formation from the numeral '11' using the suffix '-th'.

Etymology

11Th is the ordinal form of eleven, made by adding the ending -th that turns a number into an order. So 11th means the one 'after the tenth' and 'before the twelfth', which is why we use it for dates, floors, or the number of times something happens.