Meaning

4 senses
  1. A cricket team of eleven players. Hence first eleven - the team of best cricket players (at a school), second eleven - the "B" team, etc.

  2. A football team of eleven players; the starting lineup.

    a team that plays football

  3. A number off the charts of a hypothetical scale of one to ten.

    (US, countable, slang)An exceptional specimen, (particularly) a physically attractive person.

  4. (US, countable, slang)A very high level of intensity.

Examples

208 sentences
  1. I go to bed at eleven.

    Я лягаю спати об 11 годині.

    ruЯ ложусь спать в 11 часов.

    deIch gehe um elf Uhr ins Bett.

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  2. It happened at a quarter past eleven.

    Це трапилося об одинадцятій п'ятнадцять.

    ruЭто произошло в одиннадцать пятнадцать.

    deEs ist um Viertel nach elf passiert.

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  3. A soccer team consists of eleven players.

    Футбольна команда складається з 11 гравців.

    ruФутбольная команда состоит из одиннадцати игроков.

    deEine Fußballmannschaft besteht aus elf Spielern.

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  4. He turned off all the lights at eleven.

    Він вимкнув усе світло об одинадцятій.

    ruОн выключил весь свет в одиннадцать.

    deEr machte um elf alle Lampen aus.

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  5. I went to bed last night at eleven.

    Я пішла спати вчора об одинадцятій.

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Origin

From Middle English elleven, enleven, eleven, from Old English endleofan; from Proto-Germa

From Middle English elleven, enleven, eleven, from Old English endleofan; from Proto-Germanic *ainalif (“one left”) (i.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.

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