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twelvemonth

American  
[twelv-muhnth] / ˈtwɛlvˌmʌnθ /

noun

Chiefly British.
  1. a year.


twelvemonth British  
/ ˈtwɛlvˌmʌnθ /

noun

  1. an archaic or dialect word for year

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Etymology

Origin of twelvemonth

before 1050; Middle English twelfmoneth. See twelve, month

Example Sentences

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The other three gain and lose little more than a twelvemonth on him.

From The Guardian • Jan. 23, 2013

A twelvemonth sinceI knew her not at all.Our hearths were crowded thenbut now it is fittingthat one of them bides cold.A fire shared is a fire cheaper by far.

From The Guardian • Jun. 28, 2010

Each year they see what new and wondrous phenomena the world's leading aeronautical laboratory has evoked in the twelvemonth past.

From Time Magazine Archive

In the past twelvemonth the nation's psychological climate had changed significantly.

From Time Magazine Archive

In another twelvemonth the Cambridge meeting of June 25, 1833, was attended by 900.

From Social Transformations of the Victorian Age A Survey of Court and Country by Escott, T. H. S. (Thomas Hay Sweet)

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