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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

TWELVE, a. twelv. The sum of two and ten; twice six; a dozen. Twelve men compose a petty jury.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: denoting a quantity consisting of 12 items or units [syn: twelve, 12, xii, dozen] n
1: the cardinal number that is the sum of eleven and one [syn: twelve, 12, XII, dozen]

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English twelf; akin to Old High German zwelif twelve, Old English tw? two, -leofan (as in endleofan eleven) — more at two, eleven Date: before 12th century 1. — see number table 2. capitalized a. the twelve original disciples of Jesus b. the books of the Minor Prophets in the Jewish Scriptures 3. the 12th in a set or series 4. something having 12 units or members 5. plural twelvemo • twelfth adjective or noun • twelve adjective • twelve pronoun, plural in construction

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. & adj. --n. 1 one more than eleven; the product of two units and six units. 2 a symbol for this (12, xii, XII). 3 a size etc. denoted by twelve. 4 the time denoted by twelve o'clock (is it twelve yet?). 5 (the Twelve) the twelve apostles. 6 (12) Brit. (of films) classified as suitable for persons of 12 years and over. --adj. that amount to twelve. Phrases and idioms: twelve-note (or -tone) Mus. using the twelve chromatic notes of the octave on an equal basis without dependence on a key system. Etymology: OE twelf(e) f. Gmc, prob. rel. to TWO

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Twelve Twelve, n. 1. The number next following eleven; the sum of ten and two, or of twice six; twelve units or objects; a dozen. 2. A symbol representing twelve units, as 12, or xii. The Twelve (Script.), the twelve apostles. --Matt. xxvi. 20.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Twelve Twelve, a. [OE. twelve, twelf, AS. twelf; akin to OFries. twelf, twelef, twilif, OS. twelif, D. twaalf, G. zw["o]lf, OHG. zwelif, Icel. t?lf, Sw. tolf, Dan. tolv, Goth. twalif, from the root of E. two + the same element as in the second part of E. eleven. See Two, and Eleven.] One more that eleven; two and ten; twice six; a dozen. Twelve-men's morris. See the Note under Morris. Twelve Tables. (Rom. Antiq.) See under Table.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(twelves) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Twelve is the number 12. NUM

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

twelv (shenem `asar; dodeka).

See APOSTLE; NUMBER.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. Dozen.