Čo znamená dozen v angličtine a aká je definícia dozen?

V tomto najautoritatívnejšom anglickom slovníku sa môžete naučiť dozen výslovnosť, gramatika a synonymá.

dozen Význam & definícia

0 twelve:
- a dozen eggs
- This recipe makes three dozen cookies.
- Could you get me half a dozen (= six) eggs when you go to the supermarket?
- informal I've spoken to him dozens of (= many) times, but I still don't know his name!
- The refugees arrived by the dozen/in their dozens (= in large numbers).
1 a group or collection of twelve:
- a dozen eggs
- I brought home a half dozen/half a dozen (= six) eggs.
2 a group of twelve things:
- Most people know only a few big-name insurers but there are about two dozen.
3 a large but not exact number:
- She coordinates the work of dozens of employees.

Most people would be hard-pressed to name more than half a dozen members of the government.
He sent a dozen roses to his betrothed.
Most office buildings have dozens of air ducts and vents.
There are dozens of different dyes to choose from.
Books like this are a dime a dozen.
Accordingly, in our reports over the last several years, we have made dozens of specific recommendations to individual agencies.
Shortly after such dances commence, dozens of newly recruited foragers arrive at the food source being advertised.
The narrator's dark sentiments register most memorably in dozens of brief, sharply ironic observations on human greed, cruelty, self-delusion, and suffering.