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twelfth

[ twelfth ]

adjective

  1. next after the eleventh; being the ordinal number for 12.
  2. being one of 12 equal parts.


noun

  1. a twelfth part, especially of one (1/12).
  2. the twelfth member of a series.

twelfth

/ twɛlfθ /

adjective

  1. usually prenominal
    1. coming after the eleventh in number or counting order, position, time, etc; being the ordinal number of twelve: often written 12th
    2. ( as noun )

      the twelfth of the month

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


noun

    1. one of 12 equal or nearly equal parts of an object, quantity, measurement, etc
    2. ( as modifier )

      a twelfth part

  1. the fraction equal to one divided by 12 ( 1 12 )
  2. music
    1. an interval of one octave plus a fifth
    2. one of two notes constituting such an interval in relation to the other
    3. an organ stop sounding a note one octave and a fifth higher than that normally produced by the key depressed
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of twelfth1

before 900; Middle English twelfthe, twelfte, Old English twelfta, equivalent to twelf twelve + -ta -th 2
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Word History and Origins

Origin of twelfth1

from Old English twelfta
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Example Sentences

Black family wealth remains between one-ninth and one-twelfth the level of white family wealth, a shocking disparity.

He also has a best supporting actor nomination for his mincing, lovestruck Olivia in Twelfth Night.

There was much better drag this season—like Mark Rylance [in Twelfth Night].

The Armory Show, located at Twelfth Avenue and 55th Street, will be on display until March 9th and is open from 12pm—7pm daily.

Editor's note: An earlier version of this article incorrectly stated Mark Rylance's role in Twelfth Night.

Search with a one-twelfth-inch objective, using very subdued light.

On the twelfth of the said month it was washed, and a grain of gold weighing scarcely one real obtained.

This statute was continued and altered in subsequent reigns, and not repealed until the twelfth year of Queen Anne.

A common custom is to "set" every tenth or twelfth hill with two plants.

Bigyns, Beguines; these were members of certain lay sisterhoods in the Low Countries, from the twelfth century onwards.

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