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eleventh

eleventh

34 1.0
Coming after the tenth in order and before the twelfth
  • adjective
  • /ɪˈlɛvənθ/
translation icon : undécimo
  • You're supposed to say the eleventh hour, not the ninth.
  • eleventh grade
  • eleventh graders
  • eleventh century

Examples

Synonyms

11th
vseleventh
228 1.0

The place after the tenth and before the twelfth in a series

is the full word form rather than a numeral symbol

Idioms

The latest possible time before a deadline or event

The last moment before a deadline when it is almost too late

Compounds

7.4

A nerve that helps move the head and lift the shoulder

A decision someone makes at the last possible moment before a deadline

A last-minute attempt to finish something before time runs out

Surface Forms

eleventh positive

Morphology

eleventh = eleven (transparent) = eleven + th

Formed regularly by adding the productive ordinal suffix '-th' to 'eleven', producing the adjectival/ordinal sense.

Etymology

Eleventh is made from eleven ('one left' after ten) plus the ending -th that shows position in an order. That's why eleventh describes something that comes next after the tenth.