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# xii

«xii» in Mova's school dictionary: **The Roman numeral for 12** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

numeral (Roman numeral XII)

### meaning for a pupil

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

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

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «xii» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/X/xii/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.