twenty
[ twen-tee, twuhn- ]
/ ˈtwɛn ti, ˈtwʌn- /
noun, plural twen·ties.
a 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.
adjective
amounting to 20 in number.
Origin of twenty
before 900; Middle English; Old English
twēntig; cognate with Old Frisian
tw(e)intich, Old High German
zweinzug (German
zwanzig), Gothic
twai tigjus two tens
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British Dictionary definitions for twenties
twenty
/ (ˈtwɛntɪ) /
noun plural -ties
the cardinal number that is the product of ten and two; a score
See also number (def. 1)
a numeral, 20, XX, etc, representing this number
something representing, represented by, or consisting of 20 units
determiner
- amounting to twentytwenty questions
- (as pronoun)to order twenty
Other words from twenty
Related adjectives: vicenary, vigesimal Related prefix: icosa-Word Origin for twenty
Old English
twēntig; related to Old High German
zweinzug, German
zwanzig