twelfth
Because it is a word with a single syllable, twelfth is not hyphenated. The words that have a single syllable are called monosyllabic words.
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Definitions oftwelfth
- One of twelve equal parts of a whole.
Example: "A twelfth of 240 is 20."
- An interval equal to an octave plus a fifth
- The ordinal form of the number twelve, describing a person or thing in position number 12 of a sequence.
Example: "She finished twelfth in the race."
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