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thirteen
[thur-teen]
noun
a cardinal number, 10 plus 3.
a symbol for this number, as 13 or XIII.
a set of this many persons or things.
adjective
amounting to 13 in number.
thirteen
/ ˈθɜːˈپː /
noun
the cardinal number that is the sum of ten and three and is a prime number See also number
a numeral, 13, XIII, etc, representing this number
the amount or quantity that is three more than ten; baker's dozen
something represented by, representing, or consisting of 13 units
determiner
amounting to thirteen
thirteen buses
( as pronoun )
thirteen of them fell
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of thirteen1
Example Sentences
The other thirteen were marked by rain or cooler, unsettled conditions - and this year looks likely to follow that well-worn path.
We just got new numbers, and it’s down to one in thirteen, an all-time low.
Hunt, a multimillionaire investment banker, was haunted by losing his father to suicide when he was thirteen.
The gathering could be the first test of whether Syria's new leadership can achieve the promised goal of uniting the country after thirteen years of civil war.
We all feel like we've been under water, literally, for thirteen years, and we all just took a breath.
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When To Use
The word thirteen (13) is hard to spell because it doesn’t simply combine the spelling of the base number (three) with the suffix -teen, as is done in other easy-to-remember spellings like fourteen and sixteen. How to spell thirteen: When three is combined with suffixes, it transforms from three (a cardinal number) to third (an ordinal number). Then, the d is dropped: thirteen (not thirdteen); thirty (not thirdty). Remember: there's no d in thirteen.
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