📖 X — The English dictionary

xi — Everyday, meaning 1: The Roman numeral for 11.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: The 14th letter of the Greek alphabet, written Ξ or ξ.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (Mandarin, pinyin) A Chinese syllable or family name, as in Xi Jinping, the leader of China (a name); in Chinese it sounds like «shee».↗ Example: The football team is called the first XI.↗ · Chapter XI is the last chapter.↗ · XI means ten plus one.↗ · Pope Pius XI lived about a hundred years ago.↗ · Xi is a letter in the Greek alphabet.↗ · The news showed President Xi meeting other leaders.↗ · Thus, too, there was Louis XI.↗

xii — Everyday, meaning 1: The Roman numeral for 12.↗ Example: The clock's hands both pointed to XII at midday.↗ · Pope Pius XII lived in the 1900s.↗ · Chapter XII tells the end of the story.↗ · XII means ten plus two.↗ · Write 12 in Roman numerals: XII.↗ · Louis XII was a king of France.↗ · Chapter XII The Search for the Wicked Witch↗

xiii — Everyday, meaning 1: XIII is the Roman numeral for thirteen.↗ e.g. X = 10, I + I + I = 3, so XIII = 13.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: It is used in names of kings, queens and popes (Louis XIII) and in some titles and clock faces.↗ Example: XIII means thirteen.↗ · King Louis XIII of France lived in the 1600s.↗ · Chapter XIII is the last chapter of the book.↗ · XIII = X + III = 10 + 3.↗ · Pope Leo XIII was pope for 25 years.↗ · Write the number 13 in Roman numerals: XIII.↗ · THE CHILDREN ARE CARRIED OFF Chapter XIII.↗

xiv — Everyday, meaning 1: XIV is the Roman numeral for 14.↗ e.g. X (10) + IV (4).↗ Everyday, meaning 2: It is used for numbers in names of kings, popes and chapters, such as Louis XIV (Louis the Fourteenth) of France.↗ Example: XIV means fourteen.↗ · X plus IV makes XIV.↗ · Louis XIV was a famous king of France known as the Sun King.↗ · Turn to Chapter XIV of the book.↗ · Write 14 in Roman numerals: XIV.↗ · XIV minus IV is X.↗ · The Awful Fate of Mr. Wolf XIV.↗

xmas — Everyday, meaning 1: (informal) Xmas is a short way to write Christmas, the Christian festival celebrating the birth of Jesus, when many families give presents.↗ Example: Merry Xmas to all our customers!↗ · The Xmas tree has coloured lights.↗ · We wrote «Happy Xmas» on our cards.↗ · The shop has an Xmas sale.↗ · What do you want for Xmas?↗ · Xmas holidays are the best part of winter.↗

xvi — Everyday, meaning 1: The Roman numeral for 16.↗ e.g. X (10) + V (5) + I (1) = 16.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Used in names of kings and popes, as in Louis XVI (Louis the Sixteenth), a king of France.↗ Example: XVI is the Roman numeral for 16.↗ · We wrote our ages in Roman numerals; I am X and my sister is XVI.↗ · Louis XVI was a king of France.↗ · Chapter XVI of the book is the scariest.↗ · XVI + IV = XX, because 16 + 4 = 20.↗ · The old clock shows the hours in Roman numerals, but none goes up to XVI.↗ · Chapter XVI The Magic Art of the Great Humbug↗

xvii — In Jewish tradition, meaning 1: The Roman numeral for seventeen.↗ Example: The Two Covenants, by the Word or Spirit, and by the Flesh, made by Jehovah with Abraham, Genesis XVII.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)↗

xx — Everyday, meaning 1: xx stands for two kisses, written at the end of a message or card to show love (informal).↗ Everyday, meaning 2: XX is the Roman numeral for 20 (maths).↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (science) XX is the pair of sex chromosomes usually found in girls and women.↗ Example: Love, Mum xx↗ · See you soon, xx↗ · Happy birthday, Gran! xx↗ · XX is the Roman numeral for twenty.↗ · Chapter XX is the last one.↗ · Most girls have XX chromosomes.↗ · Chapter XX The Dainty China Country↗

xxiv — In Jewish tradition, meaning 1: The Roman numeral for twenty-four.↗ Example: This divine name is printed in EngHsh Bibles as Jehovah Sabaoth, or as '* Lord of hosts " as in Psalm xxiv.↗ 10.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)↗

xxv — In Jewish tradition, meaning 1: The Roman numeral for twenty-five.↗ Example: Kings vi.↗ 23 and Exodus xxv.↗ 18, and indeed Genesis iii.↗ 24.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)↗

xxxviii — In Jewish tradition, meaning 1: The Roman numeral for thirty-eight.↗

xylophone — Everyday, meaning 1: A xylophone is a musical instrument made of a row of wooden bars of different lengths that you hit with small hammers called beaters or mallets; each bar plays a different note.↗ Example: I played a tune on the xylophone in music.↗ · The shortest bar on the xylophone makes the highest note.↗ · X is for xylophone.↗ · Hit the bars gently with the beaters.↗ · The orchestra's xylophone player sat with the drummers.↗ · A glockenspiel looks like a xylophone but has metal bars.↗