Definitions

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective denoting a quantity consisting of one more than fourteen and one less than sixteen; -- representing the number fifteen as Arabic numerals.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun The cardinal number fifteen.
  • noun tennis score after a player has scored one point in a game

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective being one more than fourteen
  • noun the cardinal number that is the sum of fourteen and one

Etymologies

Sorry, no etymologies found.

Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word 15.

Examples

    Sorry, no example sentences found.

Comments

Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.

  • "'The '15', 'the '45'. The Jacobite risings of 1715 & 1745 are so remote that there is now some affectation in speaking of them by these names except in historical novels."

    From A Dictionary of Modern English Usage by H.W. Fowler.

    January 1, 2010