Dozen
noun
A group or set of twelve.
He bought a dozen apples at the market.
Often appears as...
- a dozen eggs
- a dozen roses
noun
Many, a lot.
There are dozens of ways to bake a cake.
Often appears as...
- dozens of ways
- dozens of times
noun
A group or set of twelve.
He bought a dozen apples at the market.
Often appears as...
- a dozen eggs
- a dozen roses
noun
Many, a lot.
There are dozens of ways to bake a cake.
Often appears as...
- dozens of ways
- dozens of times
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Precise Quantity
Used when you need to specify exactly twelve items, not more, not less.
She ordered a dozen cupcakes for the party.
Pro Tip 2/3Fixed Expressions
Commonly paired with certain items like 'eggs' or 'roses' to indicate a standard pack or bundle.
He gifted her a dozen red roses on Valentine's Day.
Pro Tip 3/3Grouping
Use 'dozen' to make counting larger quantities simpler by grouping them into twelves.
The bakery sold cookies by the dozen.
Pro Tip 1/3Precise Quantity
Used when you need to specify exactly twelve items, not more, not less.
She ordered a dozen cupcakes for the party.
Pro Tip 2/3Fixed Expressions
Commonly paired with certain items like 'eggs' or 'roses' to indicate a standard pack or bundle.
He gifted her a dozen red roses on Valentine's Day.
Pro Tip 3/3Grouping
Use 'dozen' to make counting larger quantities simpler by grouping them into twelves.
The bakery sold cookies by the dozen.
Pro Tip 1/3Precise Quantity
Used when you need to specify exactly twelve items, not more, not less.
She ordered a dozen cupcakes for the party.
Pro Tip 2/3Fixed Expressions
Commonly paired with certain items like 'eggs' or 'roses' to indicate a standard pack or bundle.
He gifted her a dozen red roses on Valentine's Day.
Pro Tip 3/3Grouping
Use 'dozen' to make counting larger quantities simpler by grouping them into twelves.
The bakery sold cookies by the dozen.
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A Collection Of Wild...
it's fabulous in fact once you get your eye in there's dozens of them there are yeah you can see how actual waves almost crashing below them clear water yeah and have monkeys i know it's such a bizarre sight you know i've filmed primates all over the world but there's nowhere that it's like this
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Why we love repetition...
And, take a moment to think, how many times have you listened to it? Chances are you've heard that chorus repeated dozens, if not hundreds, of times, and it's not just popular songs in the West that repeat a lot. Repetition is a feature that music from cultures around the world tends to share.
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Water Discovered In...
close flyby because if we hadn't seen anything, no one would ever have believed anything I said again. So, but what we found was spectacular. This image made me nearly fall off my chair, because here we see dozens of jets, big and small, coming off the south polar region.
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Chimps have feelings and...
there are two or three acres where two dozen chimpanzees live on each of them. And these chimpanzees would then live the life of a chimpanzee, with other chimpanzees in an environment that was as close to Africa as possible. Now, all these cases are still going on.
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Einstein's brilliant...
dozens of experiments have tested the EPR prediction, and all have found the same quantum mechanics is correct. The correlations between the indeterminate states of entangled particles are real and cannot be explained by any deeper variable.
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An eco-modernist...
but after overcoming my own assumptions about them I've learned these issues are not as insurmountable as most people think plus dozens of promising new advanced atomic designs are currently under development that cannot meltdown can
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New Zealand's Stunning...
There had to be like thirty dolphins and it was mesmerizing. I must have yelped a dozen times, cause every time they came up it was like a squeal of delight. I’ve never been that close with wildlife.
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Kailash Satyarthi: How...
I saw that dozens of children were arriving; they were being trafficked by someone. I stopped them, those people. I complained to the police. So the policemen, instead of helping me,
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Where did English come...
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Three-Toed Sloth...
Aztecas ants they protect the tree almost like tiny security guards the sloths presence has not gone unnoticed and dozens of ants have climbed aboard
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A Collection Of Wild...
it's fabulous in fact once you get your eye in there's dozens of them there are yeah you can see how actual waves almost crashing below them clear water yeah and have monkeys i know it's such a bizarre sight you know i've filmed primates all over the world but there's nowhere that it's like this
Video examples
Why we love repetition...
And, take a moment to think, how many times have you listened to it? Chances are you've heard that chorus repeated dozens, if not hundreds, of times, and it's not just popular songs in the West that repeat a lot. Repetition is a feature that music from cultures around the world tends to share.
Video examples
Water Discovered In...
close flyby because if we hadn't seen anything, no one would ever have believed anything I said again. So, but what we found was spectacular. This image made me nearly fall off my chair, because here we see dozens of jets, big and small, coming off the south polar region.
Video examples
Chimps have feelings and...
there are two or three acres where two dozen chimpanzees live on each of them. And these chimpanzees would then live the life of a chimpanzee, with other chimpanzees in an environment that was as close to Africa as possible. Now, all these cases are still going on.
Video examples
Einstein's brilliant...
dozens of experiments have tested the EPR prediction, and all have found the same quantum mechanics is correct. The correlations between the indeterminate states of entangled particles are real and cannot be explained by any deeper variable.
Video examples
An eco-modernist...
but after overcoming my own assumptions about them I've learned these issues are not as insurmountable as most people think plus dozens of promising new advanced atomic designs are currently under development that cannot meltdown can
Video examples
New Zealand's Stunning...
There had to be like thirty dolphins and it was mesmerizing. I must have yelped a dozen times, cause every time they came up it was like a squeal of delight. I’ve never been that close with wildlife.
Video examples
Kailash Satyarthi: How...
I saw that dozens of children were arriving; they were being trafficked by someone. I stopped them, those people. I complained to the police. So the policemen, instead of helping me,
Video examples
Where did English come...
When we talk about English, we often think of it as a single language but what do the dialects spoken in dozens of countries around the world have in common with each other,
Video examples
Three-Toed Sloth...
Aztecas ants they protect the tree almost like tiny security guards the sloths presence has not gone unnoticed and dozens of ants have climbed aboard
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American Writer
I could name you a dozen superheroes whose powers I'd like to have. But if I could have any power in the world, it would be the power to read or watch a creative work and absorb the technical skill of the people who made it. Because then I could have even more fun writing. That's my core identity. I'm a writer. I just love telling stories.
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Srikumar Rao
Indian Educator
Observe yourself as you go through a typical day. Stuff happens to you. As it does, you immediately judge it and label it. Dozens of times. Hundreds of times. So often that you no longer recognize that you're doing it. It is a deep-seated habit.
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J. B. Priestley
British Writer
I never read the life of any important person without discovering that he knew more and could do more than I could ever hope to know or do in half a dozen lifetimes.
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Soledad O'Brien
American Journalist
Over the years, my husband and I have sent two dozen or more girls to college and helped them with whatever else they needed.
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John le Carre
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If there is one eternal truth of politics, it is that there are always a dozen good reasons for doing nothing.
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Fritz Kreisler
Austrian Composer
Genius is an overused word. The world has known only about a half dozen geniuses. I got only fairly near.
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Kevin De Bruyne
Belgian Athlete
Belgium have a very good team. There are dozens of teams that say we want to become the world champions.
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Anthony Doerr
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The world is so fundamentally interesting that it makes me fall in love with it a dozen times a day.
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Rufus Wainwright
Canadian Musician
I have never cooked a meal in my life and always end up paying for dozens of people to eat with me.
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A half dozen pictures would just about be enough for the life of an artist, for my life.
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