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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
yvlog History and Origins
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of thirteen1
Example Sentences
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.
Through archival footage, Brown recounts seeing his mother suffer physical abuse from his stepfather, recalling that from ages seven to thirteen, he was “visually abused” by these traumatic scenes, often too scared to intervene.
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How Do You Spell 13?
Spelling tips for 13
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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