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Questions about 12

What does 12 mean?

12 means "the cardinal number that is the sum of eleven and one". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for 12?

Close synonyms include twelve, XII, dozen, twelve, xii. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is 12 a common word?

12 is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.