Definition of Eleventh hour

1. Noun. The latest possible moment. "At the last minute the government changed the rules"

Exact synonyms: Last Minute
Generic synonyms: Instant, Minute, Moment, Second

Definition of Eleventh hour

1. Noun. (idiomatic) A point in time which is nearly too late; the last minute. ¹

2. Noun. (idiomatic usually hyphenated) (non-gloss definition Used attributively.) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Eleventh Hour

eleven pluses
eleven thousand
elevenfold
elevenish
elevenpence
elevenpenny
elevens
elevenses
elevensies
eleventeen
eleventeenth
eleventh
eleventh cranial nerve
eleventh grade
eleventh grades
eleventh hour (current term)
eleventhly
elevenths
eleventy
elevon
elevons
elextrometry
elf
elf cup
elfdom
elfe
elfed
elfen
elfhood
elfhoods

Literary usage of Eleventh hour

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

1. The Works of George Fox by George Fox (1831)
"Next day towards the eleventh hour, we were called again to hear the sentence; and Margaret Fell being called first to the bar, she had counsel to plead, ..."

2. The Diplomatic Relations of England with the Quadruple Alliance, 1815-1830 by Louis Calvert, Myrna M. Boyce, Paul Padgette (1918)
"CHAPTER XII THE " TONE " OF A PERFORMANCE Where the Real Charm of a Charming Play Lies—The Eleventh-hour Rescue of Kismet—Keeping One's Comedy in ..."

3. Our Wild Indians: Thirty-three Years Personal Experience Among the Red Men by Richard Irving Dodge (1884)
"... Bands — Four Days' of Su Bering — Sticking it Out to the Bitter End — Recognition and Reward — Rushing in at the eleventh hour — Carrying off the Prize ..."

4. Annals of the French Stage from Its Origin to the Death of Racine by Frederick William Hawkins (1884)
"... from Aulis to the Phrygian shore will set iu, but at the eleventh hour it is found that another princess of the name is the victim intended by the gods. ..."

5. Ordeal by Battle by Frederick Scott Oliver (1915)
"... but at the eleventh hour Austria appears suddenly to have realised for herself the appalling nature of the catastrophe which impended. ..."

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