Meaning

5 senses
  1. A set of twelve.

    Can I have a dozen eggs, please?

    I ordered two dozen doughnuts.

  2. A large, unspecified number of, comfortably estimated in small multiples of twelve, thus generally implied to be significantly more than ten or twelve, but less than perhaps one or two hundred; many.

    There must have been dozens of examples just on the first page.

    There were dozens and dozens of applicants before the job was posted.

    Dutzende

    деся́ткиdesjátki, мно́жествоmnóžestvo, у́ймаújma

  3. An old English measure of ore containing 12 hundredweight.

  4. The number twelve.

    Dutzend

    дю́жинаdjúžina

    дю́жинаdjúžyna

    the cardinal number that is the sum of eleven and one

  5. (derogatory)A member of a K-pop group who has no talent.

Examples

300 sentences
  1. We buy eggs by the dozen.

    Ми купуємо яйця дюжинами.

    ruМы покупаем яйца дюжинами.

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  2. Eggs are sold by the dozen.

    Яйця продаються дюжинами.

    ruЯйца продаются дюжинами.

    deEier werden im Dutzend verkauft.

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  3. How much do a dozen eggs cost?

    Скільки коштує дюжина яєць?

    ruСколько стоит дюжина яиц?

    deWie viel kostet ein Dutzend Eier?

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  4. Tom asked Mary to buy a dozen eggs.

    Том попрохав Мері купити дюжину яєць.

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  5. Tom made about a dozen phone calls last night.

    Том зробив з дюжину двінків учора ввечері.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
twelve:
Русский
By meaning 2
dozens: a large number:
twelve:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
dozens: a large number:
twelve:

Origin

From Middle English dozen, dozein, doseyne, from Old French dozaine (“a group of twelve”)

From Middle English dozen, dozein, doseyne, from Old French dozaine (“a group of twelve”) (Modern French douzaine), from doze (“twelve”) + -aine (“-ish”), from Latin duodecim (“twelve”) (from duo (“two”) + decem (“ten”)) + -ana (“-ish”).

From a deliberate misspelling of doesn't, originally referring to someone who "dozen sing, dozen rap, dozen do anything."

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Forms

plural: dozens / dozen

Synonyms

14 synonyms
manyA1a lot ofheap ofhundred ofload oflot ofmillion ofscore ofscad ofthousand of
followed by of: a large number of:a great deal of
Close in meaning
  • the cardinal number that is the sum of eleven and one:twelve12XII

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

14 related words

Collocations

9 patterns
  • a dozen eggs
  • dozen eggs
  • bought a dozen
  • a dozen donuts
  • by the dozen
  • half a dozen
  • dozen donuts
  • dozen cookies
  • three dozen

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
dozen — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto