Thirteen (Adjective)
Meaning
Being one more than twelve.
Classification
All adjective clusters.
Examples
- Friday the thirteenth was considered a particularly bad day by many people in the old town.
- The thirteenth person to register for the event would be the starting goalkeeper, the rest would have to be substitutes.
- Thirteen eggs was an odd number of eggs found in a carton, and someone wondered if they had been shortchanged.
- There were thirteen players on the team in the championship finals.
- There was a superstition about the house numbered thirteen along the street, some said that was why it was available for such a long time.