thirteen
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1.0
- numeral
- /θɜrˈtin/
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trece
- In the classroom, there were thirteen desks arranged in neat rows.
- thirteen years
- thirteen percent
- thirteen hundred
Like, here's someone who spent thirteen years in prison.
- Like, here's someone who spent thirteen years in prison.
- And it has not changed one bit since we were thirteen years old.
- The next thing is if there's thirteen families, I'm told there are others who you would never know.
Examples
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Between the ages of eighteen and forty-four, she produced sixteen children, thirteen of whom survived to adulthood.
Academic text (2011) -
Of DeRango's work, only one undated example survives: an elevation and floor plan for a two-story, thirteen-room residence.
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By the time I was thirteen, I had several hundred dollars saved and got pregnant.
Fiction book (1991) -
My father told me this when I was thirteen, maybe as a way to explain his lifetime.
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And the average person has thirteen of those secrets at any given moment in time.
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Everett the dog turned thirteen today.
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Johnson Uhur, I'm thirteen years old, interested in business, and I go to the gym.
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When I was thirteen, I used to get high on Dylan Thomas, Blake, Wilde, and Yeats.
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The new Mughal leader Akbar was just thirteen years old, but his guardian by Ram Khan was a capable commander.
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In 1910, the year the Flexner report was released, there were thirteen Jewish physicians practicing in Hartford.
Academic text (1991)
Synonyms
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3.0
A group of thirteen items, often one more than expected
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7.9
The number thirteen written in Roman numerals
A group of thirteen items, one more than the usual twelve
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Thirteen joins three and teen (from ten) to say 'three plus ten', a clear number name. So thirteen is the number 'one more than twelve'.