fifteen
- numeral
- /ˈfɪfˌtin/
- I left home when I was fifteen.
- fifteen years
- fifteen minutes
- fifteen years old
So they left the party, they walked home and they walked fifteen blocks, which is quite a way.
- So they left the party, they walked home and they walked fifteen blocks, which is quite a way.
- I don't think you you will ever be the same and I can't explain how in just fifteen months.
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The concert starts in fifteen minutes, so we should hurry.
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My plan was to stay for fifteen months to study the bees during two winter seasons.
Academic text (1990) -
Fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more on your car insurance.
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All of this seemed easier fifteen years ago
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For the first time in fifteen years, I think I'm really onto something here.
Fiction book (1990) -
"We've been parked in front of it for more than fifteen minutes," the driver answered.
Fiction book (1990) -
Its domestic service is limited to fifteen cities, with 328 nonstop flights a week.
Academic text (1990) -
We sat in uneasy silence in a small downstairs parlor for perhaps fifteen minutes before Dickens reappeared.
Fiction book (1990) -
I have fifteen apples in my basket.
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He is fifteen years old and just got his driving permit.
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Fifteen comes from an old English way of saying 'five-ten', meaning five plus ten. So think of fifteen as 'ten and five', which is why it is the number after fourteen.