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# xii

numeral (Roman numeral XII)

«xii» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

The Roman numeral for 12. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/X/xii/#m1)

### In the lessons

On clock faces with Roman numerals, XII is at the top, where 12 o'clock is. In maths lessons, XII means 10 + 1 + 1 = 12. It also numbers chapters, kings and popes.

### Examples

- The clock's hands both pointed to XII at midday. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/X/xii/#x1)
- Pope Pius XII lived in the 1900s. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/X/xii/#x2)
- Chapter XII tells the end of the story. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/X/xii/#x3)
- XII means ten plus two. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/X/xii/#x4)
- Write 12 in Roman numerals: XII. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/X/xii/#x5)
- Louis XII was a king of France. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/X/xii/#x6)
- Chapter XII The Search for the Wicked Witch [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/X/xii/#x7)

### Note

Read kings' and popes' names as «the Twelfth». X is 10 and each I adds 1. It is not an English word.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «xii» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/X/xii/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«xii» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/xii.html) on Mova free.