eleventh

American  

[ih-lev-uhnth] / ɪˈlɛv ənθ /

adjective

1. next after the tenth; being the ordinal number for 11.

2. being one of 11 equal parts.

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noun

• elevenths
  plural

1. an eleventh part, especially of one (1/11).

2. the eleventh member of a series.

eleventh British  

/ ɪˈlɛvənθ /

adjective

1. (usually prenominal)

   1. coming after the tenth in numbering or counting order, position, time, etc; being the ordinal number of eleven: often written 11th

   2. ( as pronoun )

      the eleventh in succession

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noun

1. 1. one of 11 equal or nearly equal parts of an object, quantity, measurement, etc

   2. ( as modifier )

      an eleventh part

2. the fraction equal to one divided by 11 ( 1/ 11 )

3. music

   1. an interval of one octave plus one fourth

   2. See eleventh chord

Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• elevenths
  plural

Etymology

Origin of eleventh

before 1000; Middle English enleventh, enlefte, Old English endlyfta (akin to Old Frisian andlofta, Old Saxon ellifto ). See eleven, -th ²

Example Sentences

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eleventh elevenths

Three summer music festivals on historical country estates have been cancelled at the eleventh hour, with the organiser blaming high costs and low ticket sales.

From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026

In real terms, however, U.S. home values fell for the eleventh month in a row, as inflation outpaced home price growth.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026

But at least 20 key speakers from Africa and Asia -- where the deaths are heavily concentrated -- were refused entry to Europe at the eleventh hour.

From Barron's ● Jun. 12, 2026

Oil futures took another swift dive on Tuesday as world leaders consider releasing emergency supplies as the Iran conflict stretched into an eleventh day.

From MarketWatch ● Mar. 10, 2026

The eleventh labor was the most difficult of all so far.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton

Under this supposition, one tenth of the population secures ten elevenths of the positions for which a higher education is required.

From Socialism As It Is A Survey of The World-Wide Revolutionary Movement by William English Walling

These tenths and elevenths and sixteenths are somewhat confusing to one's memory, but you always remember them.

From Fan : the story of a young girl's life by W. H. (William Henry) Hudson

The use of units of measure in drills which will never be used in bona fide measuring is like the use of fractions like sevenths, elevenths, and thirteenths.

From The Psychology of Arithmetic by Edward L. (Edward Lee) Thorndike

But Firmians seldom make well-digested reflections of this sort concerning elevenths of February until the twelfth.

From Flower, Fruit, and Thorn Pieces; or, the Wedded Life, Death, and Marriage of Firmian Stanislaus Siebenkaes, Parish Advocate in the Burgh of Kuhschnappel. by Jean Paul