Definition of ELEVEN

eleven

Meanings

Plural: elevens

Noun

  • the cardinal number that is the sum of ten and one
  • a team that plays football
  • A cricket team of eleven players. Hence first eleven - the team of best cricket players (at a school), second eleven - the "B" team, etc.
  • A football team of eleven players; the starting lineup.
  • Deliberate misspelling of !!, used to amplify an exclamation, imitating someone who forgets to press the shift key while typing exclamation points.
  • A number off the charts of a hypothetical scale of one to ten.
  • An exceptional specimen, (particularly) a physically attractive person.
  • A number off the charts of a hypothetical scale of one to ten.
  • A very high level of intensity.

Adjective Satellite

  • being one more than ten

Num

  • The cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve. Represented as 11 in Arabic digits.

Origin / Etymology

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.

Synonyms

1, 11, football team, one, xi, XI

Scrabble Score: 9

eleven is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
eleven is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
eleven is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 12

eleven is a valid Words With Friends word