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dozen
1[ duhz-uhn ]
noun
- a group of 12.
- the dozens, Slang. a ritualized game typically engaged in by two persons each of whom attempts to outdo the other in insults directed against members of the other's family (usually used in the phrase play the dozens ).
adjective
dozen
2[ doh-zuhn ]
verb (used with object)
- to stun.
dozen
/ ˈʌə /
determiner
- preceded bya or a numeral
- twelve or a group of twelve
a dozen eggs
two dozen oranges
- ( as pronoun; functioning as sing or plural )
give me a dozen
there are at least a dozen who haven't arrived yet
noun
- by the dozenin large quantities
- See baker's dozen
- talk nineteen to the dozento talk without stopping
Derived Forms
- ˈdzԳٳ, adjective
yvlog History and Origins
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of dozen1
Idioms and Phrases
see baker's dozen ; by the dozen ; daily dozen ; dime a dozen ; six of one, half dozen of the other .Example Sentences
The Trump administration has canceled more than a dozen international student visas at California campuses, including UCLA, UC San Diego and Stanford, university leaders, students and faculty at campuses confirmed to The Times.
Considered the cornerstone of US-Africa economic relations, the aim was to help industrialise the continent, create employment and lift dozens of countries out of poverty.
On Saturday, 5 April thousands of people are expected to protest in Madrid and dozens of other cities.
Research showed that Los Angeles and Orange counties “offered the fewest number of apartments with refrigerators among nearly two dozen large metropolitan areas nationwide.”
The hip-hop mogul has denied all the allegations against him, including those outlined in dozens of civil lawsuits filed.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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