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Definition of Eleven

1. Adjective. Being one more than ten.

2. Noun. The cardinal number that is the sum of ten and one.

3. Noun. A team that plays football.

Definition of Eleven

1. a. Ten and one added; as, eleven men.

2. n. The sum of ten and one; eleven units or objects.

Definition of Eleven

1. Cardinal numeral. The cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve. Represented as 11 in Arabic digits. ¹

2. Noun. (cricket) A cricket team of eleven players. ¹

3. Noun. (football) A football team of eleven players. ¹

4. Noun. (Internet slang sarcastic) Used instead of ! to amplify an exclamation, imitating n00bs who forget to press the shift key while typing exclamation points. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Eleven

1. a number [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Eleven

elevator music elevator operator elevator shaft elevator shoe elevator shoes elevator surfer elevator surfers elevator surfing elevator talk elevatored

elevatorless elevatorlike elevators elevators and escalators elevatory eleven (current term) eleven-dimensional eleven-plus eleven hundred eleven o'clock

eleven plus eleven pluses eleven thousand elevenfold elevenish elevenpence elevenpenny elevens elevenses elevensies

Literary usage of Eleven

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1904)
"That scheme has been persisted in, and the present paper deals with the results it has led to during the eleven years 1890—1900. ..."

2. Report by American Library Association War service (1919)
"(4) The organizations should give effect to the resolutions already approved by the Committee of eleven regarding the additional temporary service buildings ..."

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