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twelves meaning

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    Definition of twelves in English Dictionary

  • NounBFtwelve
    1. plural of twelve.
    2. More Examples
      1. Used in the Middle of Sentence
        • Eventually she was caught, and sent down for twelve years. ‎
        • The mallet is made of a hard heavy wood resembling ebony, is about twelve inches in length, and perhaps two in breadth, with a rounded handle at one end  [ …] .
        • Five or six of them youngsters, weren’t but two of them upwards of twelve or thirteen, they outs with their six-shooters and had me covered.
      2. Used in the Beginning of Sentence
        • Twelve spot two five pounds sterling. (ie. £12.25)
      3. Used in the Ending of Sentence
        • To annualise net profit, divide the year-to-date net profit by the number of completed months, and multiply by twelve.
        • Fractions would be a little easier if we counted by twelves.
    • Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
      1. Nouns
        • Noun forms
          • Noun plural forms
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      1. en twelvesies
      2. en twelvesome
      3. en twelvescore
      4. en twelvesomes
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      Meaning of twelves for the defined word.

      Grammatically, this word "twelves" is a noun, more specifically, a noun form.
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