Definition

1. Adjective:

   • Being one more than ten: A term used to denote the quantity that follows ten in the counting sequence.

2. Noun:

   • The cardinal number that is the sum of ten and one: The number represented by the Arabic numeral 11 or the Roman numeral XI.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:

  • There are eleven players on a soccer team.
  • She will turn eleven years old next week.

• Noun:

  • The answer to the simple equation is eleven.
  • He drew the number eleven in the lottery.

Advanced Usage

• "The eleventh hour": The latest possible moment before an event or deadline.

  • They finished the project at the eleventh hour.

• "Eleven-plus" (historical, UK): An examination formerly taken by children aged 10-11 to determine the type of secondary school they would attend. (Note: This is a compound term listed here as advanced usage.)

  • He passed his eleven-plus and went to grammar school.

Variants and Related Words

• Eleventh (adj.): Constituting number eleven in a sequence; the ordinal form.
  • This is the eleventh chapter of the book.

Synonyms

• XI (adj., n.): The Roman numeral representation for eleven.

Related Phrases and Idioms

• "Up to eleven": To an extreme degree; from the idiom "turn it up to eleven," meaning to maximize intensity.
  • The concert was amazing; they turned the energy up to eleven.

Adjective

1. being one more than ten

Noun

1. the cardinal number that is the sum of ten and one