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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. Also 20. Slang. location; ten-twenty ( def ):

    What鈥檚 your twenty?



adjective

  1. amounting to 20 in number.

twenty

/ 藞迟飞蓻苍迟瑟 /

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
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

determiner

    1. amounting to twenty

      twenty questions

    2. ( as pronoun )

      to order twenty

鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of twenty1

First recorded before 900; Middle English; Old English 迟飞脓苍迟颈驳; cognate with Old Frisian tw(e)intich, Old High German zweinzug ( German zwanzig ), Gothic twai tigjus two tens
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of twenty1

Old English 迟飞脓苍迟颈驳 ; related to Old High German zweinzug , German zwanzig
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Almost all areas, away from the far north of Scotland, will get into the twenties Celsius on Tuesday and Wednesday.

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"We see the stars less and less than we did just ten, twenty years ago."

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The United States fell out of the top twenty in 2024.

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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.

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We鈥檙e talking about twenty million people dependent on H.I.V. medicines鈥攁nd you have to calculate how many you think will get back on, and how many will die in a year.

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