thirteen

[ thur-teen ]

/ ˈθɜrˈtin /

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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.

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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

Words nearby thirteen

thirlage, Thirlmere, thirst, thirst trap, thirsty, thirteen, Thirteen Colonies, thirteen-lined ground squirrel, thirteenth, Thirteenth Amendment, thirteenth chord

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How to use thirteen in a sentence

Only about twelve or thirteen minutes had passed since she left Judi, though adrenaline made it feel like hours.
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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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Fatigue he never knew, and on one occasion he was said to have spent thirteen days and nights in the saddle.
Napoleon's Marshals|R. P. Dunn-Pattison
Tombs had two horses shot under him, and thirteen out of fifty men in his battery were killed or wounded.
The Red Year|Louis Tracy
Congress declared the authority of England over the thirteen colonies abolished.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology|Joel Munsell
At the end of 1881 there were 93,776 children in the borough between the ages of three and thirteen.
Showell's Dictionary of Birmingham|Thomas T. Harman and Walter Showell
Colonel Guitar reported his loss in the battle as thirteen killed and fifty-five wounded.
The Courier of the Ozarks|Byron A. Dunn

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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