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twelfth

[ twelfth ]

adjective

  1. next after the eleventh; being the ordinal number for 12.
  2. being one of 12 equal parts.


noun

  1. a twelfth part, especially of one (1/12).
  2. the twelfth member of a series.

twelfth

/ 迟飞蓻濒蹿胃 /

adjective

  1. usually prenominal
    1. coming after the eleventh in number or counting order, position, time, etc; being the ordinal number of twelve: often written 12th
    2. ( as noun )

      the twelfth of the month

鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

    1. one of 12 equal or nearly equal parts of an object, quantity, measurement, etc
    2. ( as modifier )

      a twelfth part

  1. the fraction equal to one divided by 12 ( 1 12 )
  2. music
    1. an interval of one octave plus a fifth
    2. one of two notes constituting such an interval in relation to the other
    3. an organ stop sounding a note one octave and a fifth higher than that normally produced by the key depressed
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of twelfth1

before 900; Middle English twelfthe, twelfte, Old English twelfta, equivalent to twelf twelve + -ta -th 2
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of twelfth1

from Old English twelfta
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Vanderpump left 鈥淏everly Hills鈥 some time ago, yet she still keeps a foot in 鈥淰anderpump Rules,鈥 even with the show overhauling its entire cast for its upcoming twelfth season.

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The default position would be that only one twelfth of last year's budget would be released each calendar month - without the increases due from the Treasury.

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Russia has launched a huge attack on Ukraine's energy infrastructure, which authorities said was the twelfth large-scale attack on energy facilities this year.

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A twelfth monkey died at a Hong Kong zoo, with tests underway to determine if it succumbed to the same bacterial infection that killed 11 other monkeys in the past 10 days.

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These restrictions 鈥渁pply to all grades, kindergarten through twelfth grade鈥, the lawsuit states, arguing that the law has created a 鈥渞egime of strict censorship鈥 in schools.

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