Twelf is often a misspelling of twelve.
Twelf has no English definition.
As a numeral twelve is
the cardinal number occurring after eleven and before thirteen, represented in Arabic numerals as 12 and in Roman numerals as XII.
As a noun twelve is
a group of twelve items.
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twelf Not English Twelf has no English definition. It may be misspelled.
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twelve Alternative forms
* Arabic numerals:
* Roman numerals: XII
Numeral
( head)
The cardinal number occurring after eleven and before thirteen, represented in Arabic numerals as 12 and in Roman numerals as XII.
- There are twelve months in a year.
Related terms
* Ordinal: twelfth
See also
* Last: eleven. Next: thirteen
Noun
( en noun)
A group of twelve items.
- Fractions would be a little easier if we counted by twelves .
A twelve-bore gun.
* 1982 , (Lawrence Durrell), Constance'', Faber & Faber 2004 (''Avignon Quintet ), p. 880:
- In this way Von Esslin ‘inherited’ two fine hammerless twelves which he used once or twice for duck on the Camargue.
(legal) (colloquial) A jury (normally composed of twelve persons).
Related terms
* twelfth
See also
* dozen
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