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eleventh

/ɪˈlevnθ/ordinal number

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ग्यारहवाँ

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ordinal number
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    11th; coming after ten others in a series

    ग्यारहवाँ

    • She is in the eleventh standard.
    • the eleventh chapter
    • Today is the eleventh of the month.
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    • Our team finished eleventh in the contest.
    • He lives on the eleventh floor of the tall building.
noun
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    [C]

    each of eleven equal parts of something

    ग्यारहवाँ भाग

    • one eleventh of the amount
    • The land was divided so that each of the heirs received one eleventh of it.
    • One eleventh of the class was absent.
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    • She spent an eleventh of her salary on books.
    • Each person received an eleventh of the prize money.
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the eleventh + noun

Eleventh is an ordinal number and takes the, as in the eleventh day or the eleventh class.

'Eleventh' ordinal number है और इसके साथ the आता है, जैसे the eleventh day या the eleventh class।

  • Radhika is in the eleventh class.
  • She came eleventh in the race.

at the eleventh hour

This idiom means at the last possible moment, just before it is too late.

इस idiom का अर्थ अंतिम संभव क्षण पर, बहुत देर होने से ठीक पहले है।

  • He submitted the form at the eleventh hour.
  • An eleventh-hour decision saved the match.

an eleventh (fraction) / eleventh of + date

As a noun, an eleventh is one of eleven equal parts, and dates are said the eleventh of March.

Noun के रूप में 'an eleventh' ग्यारह बराबर भागों में से एक है, और तारीख़ 'the eleventh of March' कही जाती है।

  • Each of the eleven players gets an eleventh of the prize.
  • The exam is on the eleventh of March.

eleventh-hour + noun

Hyphenated before a noun, eleventh-hour means done at the last moment.

Noun से पहले hyphen के साथ 'eleventh-hour' का अर्थ अंतिम क्षण पर किया गया है।

  • An eleventh-hour rescue saved the trapped workers.
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eleventh + noun

hourclassplacedaycentury

  • The temple dates from the eleventh century.

verb + eleventh

finishstandcomerankbe placed

  • He finished eleventh in the marathon.

preposition + eleventh

on the eleventhin the eleventhat the eleventh hourby the eleventh

  • The results will come on the eleventh.

eleventh + noun (more)

standardchaptereditionanniversarybatsman

  • The team celebrated the eleventh anniversary of its first title.
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  • Radhika has just started the eleventh standard with science.

राधिका ने अभी विज्ञान के साथ ग्यारहवीं कक्षा शुरू की है।

  • The Chola kings were powerful in the eleventh century.

ग्यारहवीं शताब्दी में चोल राजा शक्तिशाली थे।

  • The team fought back and won in the eleventh hour.

टीम ने वापसी की और अंतिम क्षणों में जीत गई।

  • He finished in eleventh place among two hundred runners.

वह दो सौ धावकों में ग्यारहवें स्थान पर रहा।

  • Ekadashi falls on the eleventh day of each lunar fortnight.

एकादशी हर पक्ष के ग्यारहवें दिन पड़ती है।

  • She submitted the eleventh-hour application and got the seat.

उसने अंतिम क्षण में आवेदन जमा किया और सीट पा ली।

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✗ My brother reads in the eleven class.

✓ My brother reads in the eleventh class.

An ordinal number is needed before class: eleventh.

Class से पहले ordinal number चाहिए: 'eleventh'।

✗ She stood eleven in the merit list.

✓ She stood eleventh in the merit list.

Positions take ordinal numbers.

स्थान बताने के लिए ordinal numbers आते हैं।

✗ He acted at eleven hour.

✓ He acted at the eleventh hour.

The idiom is at the eleventh hour.

Idiom 'at the eleventh hour' है।

Idioms 1

at the eleventh hour

at the last possible moment; just before it is too late

ऐन मौक़े पर, आख़िरी समय पर

  • The strike was called off at the eleventh hour.
  • He always submits his assignments at the eleventh hour.
◇Word family
eleven number
§Grammar and usage

At the eleventh hour means at the last possible moment, and an eleventh-hour decision is one made very late.

Idiom at the eleventh hour का अर्थ है आख़िरी संभव समय पर, और eleventh-hour decision वह निर्णय है जो बहुत देर से लिया जाए।