twelfth

UK /twɛlfθ/ [tʰw̥ɛɫfθ] US /twɛlfθ/ [tʰw̥ɛɫfθ]
noun 2adj 1name 1

Definitions

adj

1

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.

noun

1

One of twelve equal parts of a whole.

A twelfth of 240 is 20.

Five twelfths of the population voted in support of the proposal.

2

An interval equal to an octave plus a fifth.

name

1

Synonym of Orangemen's Day.

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