plural dozens or dozen
1
: a group of 12
2
: an indefinitely large number
dozens of times
3
the dozens plural in form but singular in construction
: a ritualized African American word game that consists of exchanging insults usually about the members of an opponent's family
dozen
adjective
Synonyms
- abundance
- barrel
- basketful
- boatload
- bucket
- bunch
- bundle
- bushel
- carload
- chunk
- deal
- fistful
- gobs
- good deal
- heap
- hundred
- lashings [chiefly British]
- lashins
- loads
- lot
- mass
- mess
- mountain
- much
- multiplicity
- myriad
- oodles
- pack
- passel
- peck
- pile
- plateful
- plenitude
- plentitude
- plenty
- pot
- potful
- profusion
- quantity
- raft
- reams
- scads
- sheaf
- shipload
- sight
- slew
- spate
- stack
- store
- ton
- truckload
- volume
- wad
- wealth
- yard
Examples of dozen in a Sentence
dozens of new songs were auditioned and rejected
Recent Examples on the Web
More than a dozen Santa Clara alumni and other community leaders served as Opus Prize jurors, and 16 SCU students, faculty and staff members were ambassadors who joined on site visits to the prize finalists.
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Sal Pizarro, The Mercury News, 16 Nov. 2024
Shakira, Bad Bunny, Anitta and Karol G are among the more than two dozen artists nominated for the biggest awards of the night — record of the year, album of the year and song of the year.
—Nicole Acevedo, NBC News, 15 Nov. 2024
Since January 2023, Arizonans have submitted dozens of complaints to the department that were related to provider networks.
—Max Blau, ProPublica, 14 Nov. 2024
Eventually our list reaches more than a dozen more victims, nearly all with similar experiences, most of them bursting with a desire to talk.
—Suzanne Seggerman, Curbed, 14 Nov. 2024
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Sal Pizarro, The Mercury News, 16 Nov. 2024
Shakira, Bad Bunny, Anitta and Karol G are among the more than two dozen artists nominated for the biggest awards of the night — record of the year, album of the year and song of the year.
—Nicole Acevedo, NBC News, 15 Nov. 2024
Since January 2023, Arizonans have submitted dozens of complaints to the department that were related to provider networks.
—Max Blau, ProPublica, 14 Nov. 2024
Eventually our list reaches more than a dozen more victims, nearly all with similar experiences, most of them bursting with a desire to talk.
—Suzanne Seggerman, Curbed, 14 Nov. 2024
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“Dozen.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dozen. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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