twenty
5 ENTRIES FOUND:
plural
twenties
plural
twenties
Britannica Dictionary definition of TWENTY
1
[count]
:
the number 20
2
[count]
:
the 20th in a set or series
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item/question twenty
3
twenties
[plural]
a
:
the numbers ranging from 20 to 29
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Tomorrow the temperature will be in the low twenties.
b
:
a set of years ending in digits ranging from 20 to 29
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She's in her twenties.
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the gangsters of the twenties [=of the 1920s]
4
[count]
a
US
:
a twenty-dollar bill
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All I have is a twenty.
b
British
:
a twenty-pound note
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What are you doing on the twentieth? [=the twentieth day of the month]
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a twentieth of the population
— twentieth
adjective-
their twentieth anniversary
— twenty
adjective-
It was a twenty-hour flight.
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twenty days later
— twenty
pronoun-
We spent forty dollars and had twenty left.
