Twelfth Definition

twĕlfth
noun
The one following the eleventh.
Webster's New World
The ordinal number matching the number 12 in a series.
American Heritage
Any of the twelve equal parts of something;112
Webster's New World

(music) An interval equal to an octave plus a fifth.

Wiktionary
Synonyms:
adjective
Preceded by eleven others in a series; 12th.
Webster's New World
Designating any of the twelve equal parts of something.
Webster's New World

(ordinal) The ordinal form of the number twelve, describing a person or thing in position number 12 of a sequence.

The answer appears on the twelfth page of the book.
She finished twelfth in the race.
Wiktionary
Synonyms:
adverb
In the twelfth place, rank, group, etc.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Twelfth

Noun

Singular:
twelfth
Plural:
twelfths

Origin of Twelfth

  • Middle English twelfthe alteration of Old English twelfta dwo- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Twelfth Sentence Examples

  • The Twelfth Army is on its way back from Europe.

  • The Twelfth Army settled into Arkansas about a week ago.

  • On the twelfth of July, on the eve of that action, there was a heavy storm of rain and hail.

  • By this permutation, Aleph, the first letter of the alphabet, becomes Lamed, the twelfth letter; Beth becomes Mem, and so on.

  • The results of the twelfth census (1900) further refute the argument that would maintain the eleventh census to be inaccurate because it showed a smaller rate of increase in population during the preceding decade than had been recorded by other censuses during earlier decades.

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