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. — Alina

    ruЯ ложусь спать в 11 часов. — GranD

    deIch gehe um elf Uhr ins Bett. — al_ex_an_der

    CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · A1Open on TatoebaReport a problem

  2. It happened at a quarter past eleven.

    Це трапилося об одинадцятій п'ятнадцять. — deniko

    ruЭто произошло в одиннадцать пятнадцать. — marafon

    deEs ist um Viertel nach elf passiert. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

    CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · A1Open on TatoebaReport a problem

  3. A soccer team consists of eleven players.

    Футбольна команда складається з 11 гравців. — deniko

    ruФутбольная команда состоит из одиннадцати игроков. — megaton

    deEine Fußballmannschaft besteht aus elf Spielern. — Manfredo

    CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · A2Open on TatoebaReport a problem

  4. He turned off all the lights at eleven.

    Він вимкнув усе світло об одинадцятій. — deniko

    ruОн выключил весь свет в одиннадцать. — Balamax

    deEr machte um elf alle Lampen aus. — Yorwba

    CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · A1Open on TatoebaReport a problem

  5. I went to bed last night at eleven.

    Я пішла спати вчора об одинадцятій. — oromashka

    CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · A2Open on TatoebaReport a problem

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.

Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source

Forms

plural: elevens

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • the cardinal number that is the sum of ten and one:11XI
  • a team that plays football:football team

Word family

8 related words
Derivedeleven-dimensionaleleven hundredeleven o'clockeleven plusfirst elevengrade elevenlegs elevennumber eleven

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
elevateC1elevationC1elevatorA2eleventhelf

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

eleven — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto