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Moderatedozen
The correct spelling is dozen.
How to pronounce dozen
/ˈdʌzən/
nounIPA: /ˈdʌzən/
Say it like: Doz-en
The correct spelling is dozen. A set of twelve. For example: "Can I have a dozen eggs, please?"
Usage Examples
“Can I have a dozen eggs, please?”
“There must have been dozens of examples just on the first page.”
Definition
noun
- 1.A set of twelve.
- 2.(as plural only, always followed by of) A large, unspecified number of, comfortably estimated in small multiples of twelve, thus generally implied to be significantly more than ten or twelve, but less than perhaps one or two hundred; many.
- 3.An old English measure of ore containing 12 hundredweight.
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