26984 words

twelfth

4 definitions • 4 examples
1
12th written as a word:

Examples:

Our next meeting is on the twelfth (of May).
2
one of twelve equal parts of something:

Examples:

An inch is one twelfth of a foot.
3
(a person or thing) coming immediately after the eleventh and before all others:

Examples:

She finished twelfth in her age group.
[ C ] We will arrive on the twelfth of December.
4
A twelfth is one of twelve equal parts of something.

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