eleven
The cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve. Represented as 11 in Arabic digits.
Number 1 meaning
The cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve. Represented as 11 in Arabic digits.
Noun 2 meanings
A cricket team of eleven players. Hence first eleven - the team of best cricket players (at a school), second eleven - the "B" team, etc.
A football team of eleven players; the starting lineup.
Etymology
e., one left over after having already counted to ten), a compound of *ainaz and *-lif, from Proto-Indo-European *leyp- (“leave, remain”). Compare West Frisian alve, Low German ölven, Dutch elf, German elf, Icelandic ellefu, Danish and Norwegian elleve.
ELEVEN at a glance
ELEVEN has 6 letters and scores 9 points in Scrabble (E 1 + L 1 + E 1 + V 4 + E 1 + N 1) and 12 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #5,782 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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