Dozen Definition In American English

A dozen (commonly abbreviated doz or dz) is a grouping of twelve. The dozen may be one of the earliest primitive integer groupings, perhaps because there are approximately a dozen cycles of …

The meaning of DOZEN is a group of 12. How to use dozen in a sentence.

Idiom nineteen/ten to the dozen (Definition of dozen from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

a. twelve or a group of twelve: a dozen eggs; two dozen oranges. b. (as pronoun; functioning as sing or plural): give me a dozen; there are at least a dozen who haven't arrived yet.

DOZEN meaning: 1 : a group of 12 people or things; 2 : large numbers of people or things often + of

Definition of dozen noun in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

A dozen is twelve. If you buy a dozen doughnuts for six people, everyone will get to eat two of them.

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025 doz•en1 /ˈdʌzən/ n., pl. doz•ens, (as after a numeral) doz•en, adj. n. a group of 12: [countable] I'll have a dozen …

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