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dozens

/ˈdʌznz/ /ˈdʌzənz/

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noun

عشرات

A set of twelve.

Examples :

"Can I have a dozen eggs, please?"

هل يمكنني الحصول على عشرات البيض من فضلك؟

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noun

عشرات، الكثير

(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.

Examples :

"There must have been dozens of examples just on the first page."

لا بد أنه كان هناك عشرات الأمثلة في الصفحة الأولى فقط.

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noun

عشرات

An old English measure of ore containing 12 hundredweight.

Examples :

"The mine yielded several dozens of iron ore this week, each representing a significant amount of valuable material. "

أنتج المنجم عدة عشرات من خام الحديد هذا الأسبوع، يمثل كل منها كمية كبيرة من المواد القيمة.

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noun

الشتائم، السباب

(usually with "the") A verbal game in which two or more people exchange witty insults.

Examples :

"During lunch break, the students often played the dozens, trading funny and creative insults back and forth. "

خلال استراحة الغداء، غالبًا ما لعب الطلاب الشتائم، وتبادلوا الإهانات المضحكة والإبداعية ذهابًا وإيابًا.

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