xii

«xii» in Mova's school dictionary: The Roman numeral for 12 — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

numeral (Roman numeral XII)

meaning for a pupil

The Roman numeral for 12. tree →

sense in the lessons

On clock faces with Roman numerals, XII is at the top, where 12 o'clock is. In maths lessons, XII means 10 + 1 + 1 = 12. It also numbers chapters, kings and popes.

examples

• The clock's hands both pointed to XII at midday. tree →
• Pope Pius XII lived in the 1900s. tree →
• Chapter XII tells the end of the story. tree →
• XII means ten plus two. tree →
• Write 12 in Roman numerals: XII. tree →
• Louis XII was a king of France. tree →
• Chapter XII The Search for the Wicked Witch tree →

note

Read kings' and popes' names as «the Twelfth». X is 10 and each I adds 1. It is not an English word.

Trees and pragmatics

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