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Dozen ˈdʌzn People Half Bottles Wine Noun Determiner

Word3 dozen
WordType (noun, determiner)
Phonetic /ˈdʌzn/ /ˈdʌzn/
Example
  • give me a dozen, please.
  • two dozen eggs
  • three dozen red roses
  • half a dozen bottles of wine
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dozen

(noun, determiner)/ˈdʌzn/ /ˈdʌzn/
  1. a group of twelve of the same thing
    • SEE ALSO baker’s dozen
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/baker-s-dozen
    • Give me a dozen, please.
    • two dozen eggs
    • three dozen red roses
    • half a dozen bottles of wine
    • a half-dozen bottles of wine
  2. a group of approximately twelve people or things
    • several dozen/a few dozen people
    • The company employs no more than a couple of dozen people.
    • Only about half a dozen people turned up.
    • There was only space for a half-dozen tables.
    • There were two dozen or so, men mostly, all looking a little bored.
  3. a lot of people or things
    • I've been there dozens of times.
    • We interviewed dozens and dozens of people.
    • They arrived in dozens (= in large numbers).
    • Babies are turning up in their dozens to be snapped for the paper's Baby of the Year competition.
  4. very common and therefore not valuable
  5. used to say that there is not much real difference between two possible choices
  6. to talk, etc. without stopping
    • She was chatting away, nineteen to the dozen.

    Word Origin

    • Middle English: from Old French dozeine, based on Latin duodecim ‘twelve’.
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