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twenty
[ twen-tee, twuhn- ]
noun
- a cardinal number, 10 times 2.
- a symbol for this number, as 20 or XX.
- a set of this many persons or things.
- Informal. a twenty-dollar bill:
Can you give me two tens for a twenty?
- twenties, the numbers, years, degrees, or the like, from 20 through 29, as in referring to numbered streets, indicating the years of a lifetime or of a century, or referring to degrees of temperature:
He lives in the West Twenties. She's in her early twenties. The temperature must be in the high twenties today.
- Also 20. Slang. location; ten-twenty ( def ):
’s your twenty?
adjective
- amounting to 20 in number.
twenty
/ ˈٷɛԳɪ /
noun
- the cardinal number that is the product of ten and two; a score See also number
- a numeral, 20, XX, etc, representing this number
- something representing, represented by, or consisting of 20 units
determiner
- amounting to twenty
twenty questions
- ( as pronoun )
to order twenty
Word History and Origins
Origin of twenty1
Word History and Origins
Origin of twenty1
Example Sentences
"We see the stars less and less than we did just ten, twenty years ago."
The United States fell out of the top twenty in 2024.
I was introduced to Lettuce and Peas as a side dish some twenty years ago and those two ingredients became the backbone of many of my spring soups.
We’re talking about twenty million people dependent on H.I.V. medicines—and you have to calculate how many you think will get back on, and how many will die in a year.
Somehow, though, even living in North Jersey, fennel somehow managed to elude me until my early twenties, when I went to culinary school.
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