twelve

[US]/twelv/
[UK]/twɛlv/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

num. Twelve; the number 12
adj. Relating to the number twelve; consisting of twelve items.

Phrases & Collocations

twelve o'clock

twelve months

twelve apostles

twelve-hour clock

twelve tribes

strike twelve

Example Sentences

nine of the twelve members.

We have luncheon at twelve o’clock.

he shot a guard in the leg with a twelve-bore.

the National Certificate consists of twelve credits.

three into twelve goes four.

the service starts at twelve noon .

he walked twelve miles.

there are just twelve of us in all.

Six into twelve goes twice.

Ten out of the set of twelve were hatched.

There are twelve inches in a foot.

Twelve departments comprise this university.

Twelve months constitute a year.

The camera is guaranteed for twelve months.

The club initiated twelve members.

The committee will report at twelve o'clock.

Twelve is divisible by four.

Real-world Examples

There are twelve chickens in this brood.

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Twelve months later, discussions are very different.

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Remind me to leave at twelve forty-five.

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Violins are--maybe--go up about to twelve inches.

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Twelve, one. -How about you? -Ummm, me... twelve, one, two, three. It really depends.

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Twelve others excluded him, and four abstained.

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This elevator could accommodate twelve people.

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“Twelve years, in fact, ” said Lupin.

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Luis Manuel Diaz was held hostage by Marxist ELN rebels for twelve days.

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Ten dollars an hour! Twelve dollars an hour!

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