eleven
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Eleven \E*lev"en\ ([-e]*l[e^]v"'n), a. [OE. enleven, AS.
endleofan, endlufon, for nleofan; akin to LG. eleve, ["o]lwe,
["o]lwen, D. elf, G. elf, eilf, OHG. einlif, Icel. ellifu,
Sw. elfva, Dan. elleve, Goth. ainlif, cf. Lith. v["e]nolika;
and fr. the root of E. one + (prob.) a root signifying "to be
left over, remain," appearing in E. loan, or perh. in leave,
v. t., life. See {One}, and cf. {Twelve}.]
Ten and one added; as, eleven men.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Eleven \E*lev"en\, n.
1. The sum of ten and one; eleven units or objects.
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2. A symbol representing eleven units, as 11 or xi.
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3. (Cricket & American Football) The eleven men selected to
play on one side in a match, as the representatives of a
club or a locality; as, the all-England eleven.
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from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
70 Moby Thesaurus words for "eleven":
L, Sexagesima, boxcar, boxcars, cast, company, complement, crew,
dozen, duodecimo, eight, eighty, fifteen, fifty, first string,
first team, five, five and twenty, fortnight, forty,
four and twenty, fourscore, fourscore and ten, fourteen,
half a hundred, long dozen, nine, ninety, nonagenarian,
octogenarian, platoon, quindecennial, quindecim, quindecima,
quindene, reserves, rowing crew, score, second string, second team,
septuagenarian, seventy, sexagenarian, sexagenary,
sexagesimo-quarto, sixteen, sixteenmo, sixty, sixty-four,
sixty-fourmo, squad, string, team, teens, third string, thirteen,
thirty-two, thirty-twomo, threescore, threescore and ten, twelve,
twelvemo, twenty, twenty-five, twenty-four, twenty-fourmo,
two dozen, two weeks, twoscore, varsity
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