From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Eleven \E*lev"en\ ([-e]*l[e^]v"'n), a. [OE. enleven, AS.
endleofan, endlufon, for nleofan; akin to LG. eleve, ["o]lwe,
["o]lwen, D. elf, G. elf, eilf, OHG. einlif, Icel. ellifu,
Sw. elfva, Dan. elleve, Goth. ainlif, cf. Lith. v["e]nolika;
and fr. the root of E. one + (prob.) a root signifying "to be
left over, remain," appearing in E. loan, or perh. in leave,
v. t., life. See {One}, and cf. {Twelve}.]
Ten and one added; as, eleven men.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Eleven \E*lev"en\, n.
1. The sum of ten and one; eleven units or objects.
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2. A symbol representing eleven units, as 11 or xi.
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3. (Cricket & American Football) 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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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
eleven
adj 1: being one more than ten [syn: {eleven}, {11}, {xi}]
n 1: the cardinal number that is the sum of ten and one [syn:
{eleven}, {11}, {XI}]
2: a team that plays football [syn: {football team}, {eleven}]
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