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
The economic measures China announced on Tuesday in retaliation for Trump’s new tariffs include new export controls on more than two dozen metal products and related technologies.
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Ivana Kottasová, CNN, 4 Feb. 2025
More than two dozen CEOs had contacted Trump privately, Sonnenfeld told me, but their efforts to dissuade him plainly didn’t stop him from announcing the tariffs.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 4 Feb. 2025
Comments The Voice has proved to be a massively successful format worldwide, allowing eager singers from dozens of countries to show off their vocal abilities.
—Alamin Yohannes, EW.com, 4 Feb. 2025
The Badgers had Minnesota scoreless and potentially frustrated with less than a dozen minutes to play.
—Jess Myers, Twin Cities, 4 Feb. 2025
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Ivana Kottasová, CNN, 4 Feb. 2025
More than two dozen CEOs had contacted Trump privately, Sonnenfeld told me, but their efforts to dissuade him plainly didn’t stop him from announcing the tariffs.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 4 Feb. 2025
Comments The Voice has proved to be a massively successful format worldwide, allowing eager singers from dozens of countries to show off their vocal abilities.
—Alamin Yohannes, EW.com, 4 Feb. 2025
The Badgers had Minnesota scoreless and potentially frustrated with less than a dozen minutes to play.
—Jess Myers, Twin Cities, 4 Feb. 2025
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“Dozen.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dozen. Accessed 7 Feb. 2025.
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