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dozens

/ˈdʌznz/ /ˈdʌzənz/

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noun

Docenas

A set of twelve.

Examples :

"Can I have a dozen eggs, please?"

¿Me da una docena de huevos, por favor?

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noun

Docenas, muchos

(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."

Debe haber habido docenas de ejemplos solo en la primera página.

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noun

Docenas

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. "

La mina produjo varias docenas de mineral de hierro esta semana, cada una representando una cantidad significativa de material valioso.

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noun

Las docenas, los insultos

(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. "

Durante el descanso del almuerzo, los estudiantes a menudo jugaban a las docenas, intercambiando insultos divertidos y creativos.

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