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THIRTEEN

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The cardinal number that is the sum of twelve and one

Synonyms:

13; baker's dozen; long dozen; thirteen; XIII

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

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

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

 II. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Being one more than twelve

Synonyms:

13; thirteen; xiii

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

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

Credits

 Context examples: 

Then perhaps you will explain this receipted bill for thirteen guineas, paid by Mr. Godfrey Staunton last month to Dr. Leslie Armstrong, of Cambridge.

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

This increased antipredator behaviour has been maintained on islands where invasive predators have been successfully eradicated, even though eradication happened eight and thirteen years earlier.

(A decade after the predators have gone, Galapagos Island finches are still being spooked, University of Cambridge)

Elizabeth, or Beth, as everyone called her, was a rosy, smooth-haired, bright-eyed girl of thirteen, with a shy manner, a timid voice, and a peaceful expression which was seldom disturbed.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

Six fellows were to stay on board, and the remaining thirteen, including Silver, began to embark.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

The punishment seemed to me in a high degree ignominious, especially for so great a girl—she looked thirteen or upwards.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

But with this, neither the author nor the public have any other concern than as some observation is necessary upon those parts of the work which thirteen years have made comparatively obsolete.

(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)

He was a bright boy, so the tale runs, healthy and strong, and he had seen thirteen suns, in their way of reckoning time.

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

And if poor little Anna Weston is to be spoiled, it will be the greatest humanity in you to do as much for her as you have done for me, except falling in love with her when she is thirteen.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

Thirteen have died.

(Experts Link Fatal Mystery Illness in Liberia to Meningitis Bacteria, VOA)

Every thirteen hours.

(Every Thirteen Hours, NCI Thesaurus)