Definition of Eleven

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Eleven

Ten and one added; as, eleven men.

The sum of ten and one; eleven units or objects.

A symbol representing eleven units, as 11 or xi.

The eleven men selected to play on one side in a match, as the representatives of a club or a locality; as, the all-England eleven.

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Eleven Quotations

Anybody can direct, but there are only eleven good writers.
Mel Brooks

She doesn't understand the concept of Roman numerals. She thought we just fought in world war eleven.
Joan Rivers

How long was I in the army? Five foot eleven.
Spike Milligan

Too many church services start at eleven sharp and end at twelve dull.
Vance Havner

I was eleven, then I was sixteen. Though no honors came my way, those were the lovely years.
Truman Capote

The secret is to work less as individuals and more as a team. As a coach, I play not my eleven best, but my best eleven.
Knute Rockne

As for poker, I've stayed away from that, even though when I was in Vegas for Ocean's Eleven, I would get accosted by these guys begging me to play. They just want to take my money. They see me, think "actor" and see some easy money.
Matt Damon

I'm absolutely strict about it. When I land, I put my watch right, and I don't care what I feel like, I will go to bed at half past eleven. If that means going to bed early or late, that's what I live by. As soon as you get there, live by that time.
David Attenborough

I have been wounded altogether twenty times; eleven of these wounds were received at Northfield.
Cole Younger

Out of the simple consonants of the alphabet and our eleven vowels and diphthongs all possible syllables of a certain sort were constructed, a vowel sound being placed between two consonants.
Hermann Ebbinghaus

Eleven Translations

eleven in Afrikaans is elf
eleven in Danish is elleve
eleven in Dutch is elf
eleven in Finnish is yksitoista
eleven in French is onze
eleven in German is elf
eleven in Hungarian is tizenegy
eleven in Italian is undici
eleven in Norwegian is elleve
eleven in Portuguese is onze
eleven in Spanish is once
eleven in Swedish is elva

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