Twelve

Notes per octave

Twelve is the cardinal number between eleven and thirteen, represented as 12.

It holds special significance as the number of months in a year, hours on a clock face, and inches in a foot, making it a common unit in everyday measurement and timekeeping.

A dozen equals twelve, and the word appears in countless cultural contexts from the twelve apostles to twelve-step programs.

The clock struck twelve.

quantity

dozen

Group of twelve

baker's dozen · gross · score · number · count · set · multiple · divisible · factor · unit

measurement

inches

Small length units

gauge · imperial · length · standard · dozen · eggs · carton · pack · case · units

cultural

apostles

Zealous promoters of causes

gods · knights · days · jurors · jury · labors · Hercules · constellations

time

midnight

Twelve o'clock at night

  • noonDay's exact middle
  • clockDevice displaying time
  • hourSixty-minute span

months · zodiac · calendar · annual · yearly · o'clock · chime · strike · bells · watch

music

tone

Quality of sound

scale · notes · keys · pitch · serialism · Schoenberg · atonal · intervals · temperament

age

preteen

Child approaching adolescence

youth · puberty · coming-of-age · birthday · juvenile · minor · kid · young · formative

Opposites
quantity/magnitude

Twelvezero

Numerical absence of quantity

none · one · nothing · million · billion

dozen convention

Twelvethirteen

After twelve, before fourteen

baker's dozen · eleven

base system significance

Twelveten

Base of decimals

Phrases
Family

twelfth, twelvefold, twelvemonth

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated G