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Dozen Twelve Number Things Refer People Eggs Ten

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If you have a d____ things, you have twelve of them.If you have a dozen things, you have twelve of them.
...a dozen eggs.
You will be able to take ten dozen bottles free of duty through customs.
He ordered a dozen of their best red roses.
His chicken eggs sell for $22 a dozen.
word dozen
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number
If you have a dozen things, you have twelve of them.
...a dozen eggs.
You will be able to take ten dozen bottles free of duty through customs.
He ordered a dozen of their best red roses.
His chicken eggs sell for $22 a dozen.
number
You can refer to a group of approximately twelve things or people as a dozen . You can refer to a group of approximately six things or people as half a dozen .
I was sitting only a dozen feet away.
In half a dozen words, he had explained the bond that linked them.
The riot left four people dead and several dozen injured.
quantifier
If you refer to dozens of things or people, you are emphasizing that there are very many of them.
...a storm which destroyed dozens of homes and buildings.
Just as revealing are Mr Johnson's portraits, of which there are dozens.
inflections dozens
cefr-level B2

Tags: oxford5k::cefr-level:b2

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