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twenty
[twen-tee, twuhn-]
noun
plural
twentiesa 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.
Slang.Also 20 location; ten-twenty.
What’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
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of twenty1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of twenty1
Example Sentences
Temperatures for many over the next few days will peak in the mid to high twenties, even in parts of Scotland and Northern Ireland.
Friday will again see temperatures widely in the mid to high twenties across the UK, with a few spots in South East England once again exceeding 30C.
However, by the middle of next week - just in time for the start of the festival - things could start to turn cooler with temperatures forecast to be in the low twenties.
He continued to race on the dry into his early twenties.
After twenty minutes, the house was engulfed in an inferno before the frame gave way, collapsing into a smoking heap of charred debris.
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