twelfth
3
1.0
- noun
- /twɛlfθ/
:
duodécimo
- Only 50 points separate positions eight through twelfth in the standings.
- twelfth century
Examples
-
"Who will drive home?" Lionel asked on the evening of the twelfth.
Fiction book (1995) -
In the Twelfth and Thirteenth centuries, an organized body of law was developed for the Roman Catholic Church.
Academic text (1991) -
At home, June circles the wedding date, March twelfth, with a red pen on the calendar by the refrigerator.
Fiction book (1998) -
On March twelfth, he told Ethan he had business in Baltimore.
Fiction book (1999) -
From the twelfth to the fifteenth centuries, major massacres occurred in Germany, England, Hungary, Spain, and Ukraine.
Academic text (2004) -
Jellie was moved by the fact that Michael had booked his return flight for the twelfth of January and that he'd been prepared to spend over seven weeks looking for her.
Fiction book (1993) -
The concert will take place on April twelfth at the downtown amphitheater.
-
My birthday is on December twelfth, which is always a special day for me.
-
The final exam is scheduled for June twelfth, so we need to prepare well.
Synonyms
200
1.0
Number twelve in a list or order
Compounds
A day twelve days after Christmas when Christians remember the visit of the three wise men
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Twelfth comes from the number twelve plus the ending -th, which turns a number into an order word. So twelfth means 'after the eleventh' and is the position before the thirteenth.