What does dozen mean?
Definitions for dozen
ˈdʌz əndozen
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Princeton's WordNet
twelve, 12, XII, dozen(adj)
the cardinal number that is the sum of eleven and one
twelve, 12, xii, dozen(adj)
denoting a quantity consisting of 12 items or units
Wiktionary
dozen(Noun)
A set of twelve.
Etymology: From douzaine, from duodecim, from duo + decem
dozen(Noun)
A large, unspecified number of, comfortably estimated in small multiples of twelve, thus generally implied to be significantly more than ten or twelve, but less than perhaps one or two hundred; many.
Etymology: From douzaine, from duodecim, from duo + decem
dozen(Noun)
An old English measure of ore containing 12 hundredweight.
Etymology: From douzaine, from duodecim, from duo + decem
Webster Dictionary
Dozen
of Dozen
Etymology: [OE. doseine, dosein, OF. doseine, F. douzaine, fr. douze twelve, fr. L. duodecim; duo two + decem ten. See Two, Ten, and cf. Duodecimal.]
Dozen(noun)
a collection of twelve objects; a tale or set of twelve; with or without of before the substantive which follows
Etymology: [OE. doseine, dosein, OF. doseine, F. douzaine, fr. douze twelve, fr. L. duodecim; duo two + decem ten. See Two, Ten, and cf. Duodecimal.]
Dozen(noun)
an indefinite small number
Etymology: [OE. doseine, dosein, OF. doseine, F. douzaine, fr. douze twelve, fr. L. duodecim; duo two + decem ten. See Two, Ten, and cf. Duodecimal.]
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Dozen
A dozen is a grouping of twelve. The dozen may be one of the earliest primitive groupings, perhaps because there are approximately a dozen cycles of the moon or months in a cycle of the sun or year. Twelve is convenient because its multiples and divisors are convenient: 12 = 2 × 2 × 3, 3 × 4 = 12, 2 × 6 = 12, 60 = 12 × 5, 360 = 12 × 30. The use of twelve as a base number, known as the duodecimal system, probably originated in Mesopotamia. This could come from counting on one's fingers by counting each finger bone with one's thumb. Using this method, one hand can count to twelve, and two hands can count to 144. Twelve dozen are known as a gross; and twelve gross are called a great gross, a term most often used when shipping or buying items in bulk. A great hundred, also known as a small gross, is 120 or ten dozen. A baker's dozen, also known as a long dozen, is thirteen.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Dozen
duz′n, adj. two and ten, or twelve.—n. a collection of twelve articles.—adj. Doz′enth.—Baker's dozen, Devil's dozen, thirteen. [O. Fr. dozeine—L. duodecim—duo, two, and decem, ten.]
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Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'dozen' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3738
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'dozen' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2355
Nouns Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'dozen' in Nouns Frequency: #1222
Anagrams for dozen »
zoned
zendo
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of dozen in Chaldean Numerology is: 1
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of dozen in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
Examples of dozen in a Sentence
The DNC will not change the threshold for any one candidate and will not revert back to two consecutive nights with more than a dozen candidates.
There were about a dozen people in the camps when we went up there, I don't know if all of them have been arrested, it was a very fluid situation.
It is unfortunate that of the nearly two dozen candidates running for president today, virtually none of them have placed a focus on this important issue.
I normally have 15 to 20 dogs for day care, but that's down to half a dozen; people can't get here.
A ready way to lose your friend is to lend him money. Another equally ready way to lose him is to refuse to lend him money. It is six of one and a half dozen of the other.
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- dosyne, dosynAfrikaans
- دزينة, دستةArabic
- тузінBelarusian
- дузина, десеткиBulgarian
- tucetCzech
- dusinDanish
- DutzendGerman
- ντουζίναGreek
- dozenoEsperanto
- docenaSpanish
- tosinEstonian
- دوجینPersian
- tusinoittain, kymmenisen, kymmenen, sata, tusinaFinnish
- dizaine, douzaineFrench
- dusanScottish Gaelic
- duciaGalician
- dussanManx
- תריסרHebrew
- दर्जनHindi
- douzènHaitian Creole
- tucatHungarian
- դյուժինArmenian
- dozzina, migliaio, centinaioItalian
- תריסרHebrew
- ダースJapanese
- 다스Korean
- дузинаMacedonian
- dusinNorwegian
- dozijn, tientallenDutch
- dusinNorwegian Nynorsk
- tuzinPolish
- dúziaPortuguese
- duzinăRomanian
- десяток, дюжина, множество, уймаRussian
- туце, туцет, tuce, tucetSerbo-Croatian
- tucetSlovak
- ducatSlovene
- dussinSwedish
- dazaniSwahili
- โหลThai
- düzineTurkish
- дюжинаUkrainian
- درجنUrdu
- táVietnamese
- degtelatVolapük
- 打Chinese
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