Used in a Sentence

eleven

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for eleven.

Editorial note

Now look at him, he passed the eleven plus, been to college, got a right good job and that?

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Definitions4
Parts of speech1

Quick take

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

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of eleven gathered in one view.

noun

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

noun

A very high level of intensity.

noun

(countable, US, slang) A number off the charts of a hypothetical scale of one to ten.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for eleven.

noun

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

noun

(countable, US, slang) A number off the charts of a hypothetical scale of one to ten.

noun

(soccer, American football) A football team of eleven players; the starting lineup.

Example sentences

1

Now look at him, he passed the eleven plus, been to college, got a right good job and that?

2

C., and is composed of eleven federal district court judges who are designated by the Chief Justice of the United States.

3

About two years ago an investment group purchased the remaining eleven lots and built homes strictly for the purpose of renting.

4

When I was eleven, three local K-mart stores had a simple drawing to win 1000 dollars worth of Legos.

5

The thing they produce is then trialed and if it proves to be successful, there's a personal financial incentive to the eleven people involve (e.g.

6

For example, a lot of times, people try turning a dial to eleven: Long iterations are hard, what's the shortest iteration cycle?

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(Fun fact: eleven reactors of the same core design as Chernobyl are still operational today.

8

Strange choice to put a picture from the Ocean's Eleven series at the top of the article, seeing as how the thieves in those films are considered the protagonists/heroes.

9

We had the chance, as a programmer subculture, to leave this ridiculous and arbitrary in-group/out-group stuff behind, but instead we embraced it and turned it up to eleven.

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Astute readers will notice that a tiny off-by-one bug in my implementation (see the fifth revision) led it to generate a lock with three tumblers with eleven letters each, and one tumbler with ten letters.

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Guys, this July 4th weekend remember that there's a great family movie called Pixar's 'Inside Out!' Pixar made it, and it's family friendly, starring an eleven year old girl and these various situations that you can relate to.

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> Strange choice to put a picture from the Ocean's Eleven series at the top of the article, seeing as how the thieves in those films are considered the protagonists/heroes.

Quote examples

1

Do one "startup" a year using a different eleven (10 + 1) people.

2

Eleven Years ago, Dave Chappelle just outright said "gay sex is just gross, sorry it just is", and it was considered funny and acceptable.

3

>Eleven Years ago, Dave Chappelle just outright said "gay sex is just gross, sorry it just is", and it was considered funny and acceptable.

4

A minor point, but in the third passage Leetning is speaking to the author and so I think the translation should be "Now look at you, you passed the eleven plus..."

Proper noun examples

1

Every supermarket is selling skyr, and you can even buy it in 7 Eleven.

2

Eleven seconds to load a single page is hilariously bad.

3

Eleven million spins with one rotation of the shaft.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use eleven in a sentence?

Now look at him, he passed the eleven plus, been to college, got a right good job and that?

What does eleven mean?

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

What part of speech is eleven?

eleven is commonly used as noun.