Eleven
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ɪˈlɛvən/ · Part of speech numeral
Quick meaning: Eleven is a numeral meaning The cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve. Represented as 11 in Arabic digits.
Meaning
The cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve. Represented as 11 in Arabic digits.
More Meanings
- (soccer, American football) A football team of eleven players; the starting lineup.
- (countable, US, slang) A number off the charts of a hypothetical scale of one to ten.
- (cricket) A cricket team of eleven players. Hence first eleven - the team of best cricket players (at a school), second eleven - the "B" team, etc.
- (Internet, slang, sarcastic) Deliberate misspelling of !!, used to amplify an exclamation, imitating someone who forgets to press the shift key while typing exclamation points.
Example Sentences
A: SUM1 Hl3p ME im alwyz L0ziN!!?!
B: y d0nt u just g0 away l0zer!!1!!one!!one!!eleven!!1!
It was a thunderstormy morning, eleven o'clock, with great dashes of rain pounding against the windows.
Sneeze is well known by all followers of U. of D. athletics for his great work at halfback on the Flyers' eleven for the past four seasons [...]
Word Forms
- elevens
Synonyms for eleven
Depending on context, synonyms include one, cardinal, xi.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include cardinal, xi, shred, pupil, hint, jot.
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