eleventh

«eleventh» in Mova's school dictionary: number 11 in order — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

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

• 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

Every meaning and example of «eleventh» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.