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twenty

Syllabification: (twen·ty)
Pronunciation: /ˈtwentē/

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Definition of twenty

number (plural twenties)

  • the number equivalent to the product of two and ten; ten less than thirty; 20:twenty or thirty years ago twenty of us stood and waited a twenty-foot aerial (Roman numeral: xx, XX)
  • (twenties) the numbers from twenty to twenty-nine, especially the years of a century or of a person’s life:he’s in his late twenties
  • twenty years old:he’s about twenty
  • twenty miles an hour.
  • a size of garment or other merchandise denoted by twenty.
  • a twenty-dollar bill.

Derivatives

twentieth

Pronunciation: /-tēiTH/

number

twentyfold

Pronunciation: /-ˌfōld/

adjective & adverb

Origin:

Old English twentig, from the base of two + -ty2

twenty in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of twenty in the British & World English dictionary