twelfth

/twɛlfθ/ [tʰw̥ɛɫfθ]

noun 2adj 1name 1

Collocations

ADJ.

finished, missing

VERB + TWELFTH

appears, back, signed

TWELFTH + NOUN

august, century, grader, infantry, juror, month, page, regiment

PREP.

in, in, on

adj

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

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.

An interval equal to an octave plus a fifth.

name

Synonym of Orangemen's Day.

noun — one part in twelve equal parts

The answer appears on the twelfth page of the book.

Wiktionary

She finished twelfth in the race.

Wiktionary

A twelfth of 240 is 20.

Wiktionary

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

Wiktionary

The old church on the hill dates back to the twelfth century.

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Imogen of the Internet blatantly forsakes web accessibility guidelines when redesigning her Tumblr for the twelfth time today.

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