thirteen

[ thur-teen ]

/ ˈθɜrˈtin /

noun

a cardinal number, 10 plus 3.

a symbol for this number, as 13 or XIII.

a set of this many persons or things.

adjective

amounting to 13 in number.

Words nearby thirteen

thirlage, thirlmere, thirst, thirst trap, thirsty, thirteen, thirteen colonies, thirteen-lined ground squirrel, thirteenth, thirteenth amendment, thirteenth chord

Origin of thirteen

before 900; late Middle English thirttene, variant of Middle English thrittene, Old English thrēotēne; cognate with Dutch dertien, German dreizehn, Old Norse threttān. See three, -teen

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Examples from the Web for thirteen

She began her career as a model at the age of thirteen, modeling for Dolce & Gabbana and Dior.
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At thirteen years old, de Forest speaks with the confidence and the knowledge of someone much older.
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Last year, I went to India with my daughter who was thirteen at the time to meet some artisans.
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For him to get killed in action thirteen years after the war began.
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Thirteen years after 9/11, the World Trade Center is undergoing a massive transformation.
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If I had kept thirteen pence out of his fare, the odd penny would have been usury.
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You were a girl of twelve or thirteen, going to school, and I never saw much of you.
The Captain's Toll-Gate|Frank R. Stockton
She hove to, and the next moment her guns thundered thirteen times.
The Story of John Paul Jones|Chelsea Curtis Fraser
The Aztecs, in fact, believed in thirteen dii majores and over 200 dii minores.
The Story of Extinct Civilizations of the West|Robert E. Anderson
And we know that in Egypt as many as thirteen or fourteen different kinds were common.
The Seven Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Eastern World, Vol 2. (of 7): Assyria|George Rawlinson

British Dictionary definitions for thirteen

thirteen

/ (ˈθɜːˈtiːn) /

noun

the cardinal number that is the sum of ten and three and is a prime numberSee also number (def. 1)

a numeral, 13, XIII, etc, representing this number

the amount or quantity that is three more than ten; baker's dozen

something represented by, representing, or consisting of 13 units

determiner

amounting to thirteenthirteen buses
(as pronoun)thirteen of them fell

Word Origin for thirteen

Old English threotēne; see three, -teen

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thirteen

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