ELEVEN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does eleven mean? 

• ELEVEN (noun)
  The noun ELEVEN has 2 senses:

1. the cardinal number that is the sum of ten and one

2. a team that plays football

  Familiarity information: ELEVEN used as a noun is rare.

• ELEVEN (adjective)
  The adjective ELEVEN has 1 sense:

1. being one more than ten

  Familiarity information: ELEVEN used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ELEVEN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The cardinal number that is the sum of ten and one

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Synonyms:

11; eleven; XI

Hypernyms ("eleven" is a kind of...):

large integer (an integer equal to or greater than ten)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A team that plays football

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

eleven; football team

Hypernyms ("eleven" is a kind of...):

squad; team (a cooperative unit (especially in sports))

Meronyms (members of "eleven"):

field general; quarterback; signal caller ((American football) the position of the football player in the backfield who directs the offensive play of his team)

linemen (the football players who line up on the line of scrimmage)

secondary (the defensive football players who line up behind the linemen)

backfield (the offensive football players who line up behind the linemen)

end; tackle; guard ((American football) a position on the line of scrimmage)

center ((American football) the position of the player on the line of scrimmage who puts the ball in play)

wingback ((American football) the position of the offensive back who lines up behind or outside the end)

tailback ((American football) the position of the offensive back on a football team who lines up farthest from the line of scrimmage)

halfback ((American football) an offensive back usually positioned behind the quarterback and to the side of the fullback)

fullback ((American football) an offensive position in the backfield)

line backer; linebacker ((American football) the position of a defensive football player who plays close behind the line of scrimmage)

Holonyms ("eleven" is a member of...):

football league (a league of football teams)

• ELEVEN (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Being one more than ten

Synonyms:

11; eleven; xi

Similar:

cardinal (being or denoting a numerical quantity but not order)

 Context examples 

At eleven o'clock at night, everything stop. At one o'clock everything start again. At three o'clock everything stop.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

Going through its contents, he drew forth eleven poems which his friend had written.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

At eleven o’clock she rose to leave me, but she paused at the door and looked back.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

At eleven o’clock I was no farther along.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

It is computed that eleven thousand persons have at several times suffered death, rather than submit to break their eggs at the smaller end.

(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)

This had been between ten and eleven o'clock last night.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

A four-wheeler was at the door at eleven, and in it we drove to a spot at the other side of Hammersmith Bridge.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

And it was settled that we should all be there by eleven o'clock.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

Henderson has two children—girls of eleven and thirteen.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

It was eleven, upon my soul!

(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)