twelfth

[US]/twelfθ/
[UK]/twɛlfθ/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adv. & n. the one that comes after eleventh
pron. the 12th in a series
adj. coming after the eleventh, being the twelfth in a series, constituting number twelve out of twelve equal parts
Word Forms
Pluraltwelfths

Phrases & Collocations

The twelfth day

Twelfth grade

Twelfth month

twelfth night

twelfth day

Example Sentences

the twelfth of November.

December is the twelfth month of the year.

the cloister is of late twelfth century design.

the twelfth in a series of essays.

For her twelfth birthday, she asked for a chemistry set.

The unit of weight, incidentally, w as the " as "; one twelfth of this w as the "uncia", from which we get our ounce and inch.

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