eleventh
part of speech
adjective, noun (eleventh, 11th)
meaning for a pupil
1) Eleventh means number 11 in order. tree →
2) An eleventh is one of 11 equal parts, written 1/11. tree →
3) «At the eleventh hour» means at the very last moment. tree →
sense in the lessons
maths: a place in a line or order (10 come before the eleventh); rarely a fraction (one eleventh); everyday life: the eleventh floor, the eleventh birthday; phrases: «at the eleventh hour»
examples
- On the eleventh day Pagiel the son of Ochran, prince of the children of Asher: (Torah NUM.7.72, JPS 1917) tree →
- Jeremiah the tenth, Machbannai the eleventh. (Writings 1CH.12.14, JPS 1917) tree →
- the eleventh to Eliashib, the twelfth to Jakim; (Writings 1CH.24.12, JPS 1917) tree →
- The eleventh to Azarel, his sons and his brethren, twelve; (Writings 1CH.25.18, JPS 1917) tree →
- She was eleventh in the race. tree →
- The eleventh day of the trip. tree →
- How many runners finished before the eleventh? tree →
- One eleventh of 22 is 2. tree →
- We live on the eleventh floor. tree →
- It is his eleventh birthday. tree →
- She finished the project at the eleventh hour. tree →
- This is the tale of the wonders that befell on the evening of the eleventh of December, when they did what they were told not to do. tree →
note
An order position, not an amount; 10 come before the eleventh. Trap: «one eleventh» is a fraction, 1/11. Short form 11th.
In the corpora
- On the eleventh day Pagiel the son of Ochran, prince of the children of Asher:
- And in the eleventh year of Joram the son of Ahab began Ahaziah to reign over Judah.
- So the city was besieged unto the eleventh year of king Zedekiah.
- So the city was besieged unto the eleventh year of king Zedekiah.
- Jeremiah the tenth, Machbannai the eleventh.
Trees and pragmatics
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