Thirteen
number
The number that comes after twelve and before fourteen.
There are thirteen eggs in the carton.
Often appears as...
- thirteen o'clock
- unlucky thirteen
adjective
Adding up to thirteen in quantity.
She has thirteen apples.
Often appears as...
- thirteen cards
- thirteen people
number
The number that comes after twelve and before fourteen.
There are thirteen eggs in the carton.
Often appears as...
- thirteen o'clock
- unlucky thirteen
adjective
Adding up to thirteen in quantity.
She has thirteen apples.
Often appears as...
- thirteen cards
- thirteen people
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Pro Tip 1/3Superstition Link
Thirteen is considered unlucky in some cultures, especially when paired with Friday.
Many buildings skip the thirteenth floor due to superstition.
Pro Tip 2/3Counting Accuracy
Pay attention to 'teen' sound at the end; it can be confused with 'thirty' when not enunciated clearly.
Please bring me thirteen (not thirty) chairs for the guests.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Actual Time
Avoid saying 'thirteen o'clock'; it is not standard as the 24-hour clock resets after twelve.
Instead of 'thirteen o'clock', say 'one o'clock PM' or '13:00'.
Pro Tip 1/3Superstition Link
Thirteen is considered unlucky in some cultures, especially when paired with Friday.
Many buildings skip the thirteenth floor due to superstition.
Pro Tip 2/3Counting Accuracy
Pay attention to 'teen' sound at the end; it can be confused with 'thirty' when not enunciated clearly.
Please bring me thirteen (not thirty) chairs for the guests.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Actual Time
Avoid saying 'thirteen o'clock'; it is not standard as the 24-hour clock resets after twelve.
Instead of 'thirteen o'clock', say 'one o'clock PM' or '13:00'.
Pro Tip 1/3Superstition Link
Thirteen is considered unlucky in some cultures, especially when paired with Friday.
Many buildings skip the thirteenth floor due to superstition.
Pro Tip 2/3Counting Accuracy
Pay attention to 'teen' sound at the end; it can be confused with 'thirty' when not enunciated clearly.
Please bring me thirteen (not thirty) chairs for the guests.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Actual Time
Avoid saying 'thirteen o'clock'; it is not standard as the 24-hour clock resets after twelve.
Instead of 'thirteen o'clock', say 'one o'clock PM' or '13:00'.
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This is Sparta: Fierce...
through thirteen years of relentless, harsh, and often brutal training. The Spartans prized physical perfection above all else, and so the students spent a great deal of their time learning how to fight. To ensure resilience in battle, boys were encouraged to fight among themselves,
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Eli the eel: A...
for most of her life in the stream, eating whatever falls in the grasshoppers, crickets, small fish, insect larvae, frogs, baby birds, almost anything she can get her mouth around. And she will grow quite big, up to four feet long and weighing as much as thirteen pounds.
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180° Kathmandu, City of...
stupa worshipers must climb thirteen steps one for each of the thirteen stages of wisdom needed to reach enlightenment the stupa sits at the center of a symbolic representation of the universe and from the base of its tower the Buddha's eyes gaze in each direction
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Tycho Brahe, the...
but at age two was kidnapped to be raised by his uncle instead. His parents didn't seem to mind. Tycho was supposed to have a career in law, but after witnessing a solar eclipse at thirteen, he began spending more time with mathematics and science professors,
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Why do blood types...
perhaps as protection against blood born diseases, or due to random genetic drift. Finally, different species have different sets of antigens. In fact, the four main blood types shared by us apes seem paltry in comparison to the thirteen types found in dogs.
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The Kangaroo is the...
a kind of fifth leg helping to push off from the ground one of their most apparent features however is the female pouch here the offspring called joey's spend their time until mature enough to emerge anywhere from four to thirteen months
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Love and hormones PIPE...
traits linked with each one of those brain systems and then put that questionnaire on a new website a division of match.com called chemistry comm and then watch who's naturally drawn to whom at this point the thirteen
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How revenge porn turns...
You're looking at a woman who spent 11 months in court, thirteen trips to the courthouse and thousands of dollars in legal fees, just to get two a protection from cyberstalking and cyberabuse,
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Can you solve the...
When night falls, you and the others escape through hallway thirteen and rejoin Zara outside. You've freed yourselves through math and logic. Now it's time to free the rest of the world.
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Where do superstitions...
Are you afraid of black cats? Would you open an umbrella indoors? And how do you feel about the number thirteen?
Video examples
This is Sparta: Fierce...
through thirteen years of relentless, harsh, and often brutal training. The Spartans prized physical perfection above all else, and so the students spent a great deal of their time learning how to fight. To ensure resilience in battle, boys were encouraged to fight among themselves,
Video examples
Eli the eel: A...
for most of her life in the stream, eating whatever falls in the grasshoppers, crickets, small fish, insect larvae, frogs, baby birds, almost anything she can get her mouth around. And she will grow quite big, up to four feet long and weighing as much as thirteen pounds.
Video examples
180° Kathmandu, City of...
stupa worshipers must climb thirteen steps one for each of the thirteen stages of wisdom needed to reach enlightenment the stupa sits at the center of a symbolic representation of the universe and from the base of its tower the Buddha's eyes gaze in each direction
Video examples
Tycho Brahe, the...
but at age two was kidnapped to be raised by his uncle instead. His parents didn't seem to mind. Tycho was supposed to have a career in law, but after witnessing a solar eclipse at thirteen, he began spending more time with mathematics and science professors,
Video examples
Why do blood types...
perhaps as protection against blood born diseases, or due to random genetic drift. Finally, different species have different sets of antigens. In fact, the four main blood types shared by us apes seem paltry in comparison to the thirteen types found in dogs.
Video examples
The Kangaroo is the...
a kind of fifth leg helping to push off from the ground one of their most apparent features however is the female pouch here the offspring called joey's spend their time until mature enough to emerge anywhere from four to thirteen months
Video examples
Love and hormones PIPE...
traits linked with each one of those brain systems and then put that questionnaire on a new website a division of match.com called chemistry comm and then watch who's naturally drawn to whom at this point the thirteen
Video examples
How revenge porn turns...
You're looking at a woman who spent 11 months in court, thirteen trips to the courthouse and thousands of dollars in legal fees, just to get two a protection from cyberstalking and cyberabuse,
Video examples
Can you solve the...
When night falls, you and the others escape through hallway thirteen and rejoin Zara outside. You've freed yourselves through math and logic. Now it's time to free the rest of the world.
Video examples
Where do superstitions...
Are you afraid of black cats? Would you open an umbrella indoors? And how do you feel about the number thirteen?
Example 1 of 10
Quote examples
Afeni Shakur
American Activist
When Tupac turned thirteen, we were homeless on that day. His theater club gave him a party. Sometimes I do wonder that if I hadn't gone on with fool-heartedness, my son would have had an easier transition into this life. But at least I was able to keep art there. Otherwise he would've had no way to get his feelings out.
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Kamala Harris
American Vice President
I remember when my mother, Shyamala Harris, bought our first home. I was thirteen. She was so proud, and my sister and I were so excited. Millions of Americans know that feeling of walking through the front door of their own home for the first time - the feeling of reaching for opportunity and finding it.
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Kate Winslet
Actress
There were nineteen years between my grandparents, and I was in a relationship for five years from the age of fifteen to twenty with a man who was thirteen years older than me who remains one of the loves of my life, and he passed away when I was twenty years old.
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Tom Carper
American Politician
Thirteen thousand dollars a year is not enough to raise a family. That's not enough to pay your bills and save for their future. That's barely enough to provide for even the most basic needs.
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Henry Knox
American Soldier
Our political machine, composed of thirteen independent sovereignties, have been perpetually operating against each other and against the federal head ever since the peace.
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Cliff Chiang
American Artist
Something like 'Dr. Thirteen,' which features no big characters, was probably the most fun thing I've worked on because the story was so great, and it was written so well.
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Virginia Woolf
British Author
For what Harley Street specialist has time to understand the body, let alone the mind or both in combination, when he is a slave to thirteen thousand a year?
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Erma Bombeck
American Journalist
Being a child at home alone in the summer is a high-risk occupation. If you call your mother at work thirteen times an hour, she can hurt you.
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Lewis Hamilton
British Driver
Music's been a huge passion of mine since I was really young. I started playing guitar when I was thirteen.
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P. J. O'Rourke
American Comedian
In thirteen years, every aspect of the universe can change - ask a thirteen-year-old.
Quote examples
Afeni Shakur
American Activist
When Tupac turned thirteen, we were homeless on that day. His theater club gave him a party. Sometimes I do wonder that if I hadn't gone on with fool-heartedness, my son would have had an easier transition into this life. But at least I was able to keep art there. Otherwise he would've had no way to get his feelings out.
Quote examples
Kamala Harris
American Vice President
I remember when my mother, Shyamala Harris, bought our first home. I was thirteen. She was so proud, and my sister and I were so excited. Millions of Americans know that feeling of walking through the front door of their own home for the first time - the feeling of reaching for opportunity and finding it.
Quote examples
Kate Winslet
Actress
There were nineteen years between my grandparents, and I was in a relationship for five years from the age of fifteen to twenty with a man who was thirteen years older than me who remains one of the loves of my life, and he passed away when I was twenty years old.
Quote examples
Tom Carper
American Politician
Thirteen thousand dollars a year is not enough to raise a family. That's not enough to pay your bills and save for their future. That's barely enough to provide for even the most basic needs.
Quote examples
Henry Knox
American Soldier
Our political machine, composed of thirteen independent sovereignties, have been perpetually operating against each other and against the federal head ever since the peace.
Quote examples
Cliff Chiang
American Artist
Something like 'Dr. Thirteen,' which features no big characters, was probably the most fun thing I've worked on because the story was so great, and it was written so well.
Quote examples
Virginia Woolf
British Author
For what Harley Street specialist has time to understand the body, let alone the mind or both in combination, when he is a slave to thirteen thousand a year?
Quote examples
Erma Bombeck
American Journalist
Being a child at home alone in the summer is a high-risk occupation. If you call your mother at work thirteen times an hour, she can hurt you.
Quote examples
Lewis Hamilton
British Driver
Music's been a huge passion of mine since I was really young. I started playing guitar when I was thirteen.
Quote examples
P. J. O'Rourke
American Comedian
In thirteen years, every aspect of the universe can change - ask a thirteen-year-old.
Example 1 of 10
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