twelve

American  

[twelv] / twɛlv /

noun

1. a cardinal number, 10 plus 2.

2. a symbol for this number, as 12 or XII.

3. a set of this many persons or things.

4. the Twelve, the 12 apostles chosen by Christ.

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adjective

1. amounting to 12 in number.

twelve British  

/ twɛlv /

noun

1. the cardinal number that is the sum of ten and two See also number

2. a numeral, 12, XII, etc, representing this number

3. something represented by, representing, or consisting of 12 units

4. Also called: twelve o'clock.  noon or midnight

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determiner

1. 1. amounting to twelve

      twelve loaves

   2. ( as pronoun ) See also dozen

      twelve have arrived

Etymology

Origin of twelve

before 900; Middle English twelve, inflected form of twelf, Old English twelfe literally, (ten and) two leave, i.e., two left over; cognate with Old Frisian twelef, twelf, Old High German zwelif, Old Norse tōlf, Gothic twalif; compare Lithuanian dvýlika; two, leave ¹, eleven

Example Sentences

"We've been negotiating with Unite now for twelve months and we've made multiple offers, fair and reasonable offers to Unite, all of which have been rejected," he said.

From BBC

First and foremost for traders is the possibility of sales for tax purposes once trading recommences in the new year and positions have been held for more than twelve months.

From MarketWatch

There are a whopping twelve restaurants on the island, like Roots, a multi-course, plant-based meal made with ingredients grown on the island’s zero-waste garden.

From Salon

With additional tiers, the models show up to a twelve fold improvement on real AI workloads, including workloads derived from Meta's open source LLaMA model.

From Science Daily

A family florist has said they are working "twelve to fifteen hour days" to keep up with the demand's of Christmas.

From BBC