Meaning & use
Eleventh
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Next after the tenth in a sequence; the ordinal number corresponding to eleven.
See it in a sentence
This is the eleventh time she has run the marathon.
He arrived on the eleventh floor just as the elevator doors closed.
A note on using this word
The phrase "at the eleventh hour" means at the last possible moment, alluding to a biblical parable about laborers hired late in the workday.
Another way to use it
2. noun
One of eleven equal parts of something.
Each worker received an eleventh of the total profit.
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