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twenty

[twen-tee, twuhn-]

noun

plural

twenties 
  1. a cardinal number, 10 times 2.

  2. a symbol for this number, as 20 or XX.

  3. a set of this many persons or things.

  4. Informal.a twenty-dollar bill.

    Can you give me two tens for a twenty?

  5. 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.

  6. Slang.Also 20 location; ten-twenty.

    ’s your twenty?



adjective

  1. amounting to 20 in number.

twenty

/ ˈٷɛԳɪ /

noun

  1. the cardinal number that is the product of ten and two; a score See also number

  2. a numeral, 20, XX, etc, representing this number

  3. something representing, represented by, or consisting of 20 units

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

determiner

    1. amounting to twenty

      twenty questions

    2. ( as pronoun )

      to order twenty

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of twenty1

First recorded before 900; Middle English; Old English ٷŧԳپ; cognate with Old Frisian tw(e)intich, Old High German zweinzug ( German zwanzig ), Gothic twai tigjus two tens
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Word History and Origins

Origin of twenty1

Old English ٷŧԳپ ; related to Old High German zweinzug , German zwanzig
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Example Sentences

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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.

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He continued to race on the dry into his early twenties.

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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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"I had been watching modelling online since I was a child at the age of 11," Akol, now in her early twenties, tells the BBC.

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Given Toney was in his late twenties when he reached the top of the game, a desire to significantly safeguard his financial future seems understandable.

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