twenty

[ twen-tee, twuhn- ]

noun,plural twen·ties.
  1. a cardinal number, 10 times 2.

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

  1. a set of this many persons or things.

  2. Informal. a twenty-dollar bill: Can you give me two tens for a twenty?

  3. 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.

  4. Also 20 .Slang. location; ten-twenty: What’s your twenty?

adjective
  1. amounting to 20 in number.

Origin of twenty

1
First recorded 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 twenty

twenty

/ (ˈtwɛntɪ) /


nounplural -ties
  1. the cardinal number that is the product of ten and two; a score: See also number (def. 1)

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

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

determiner
    • amounting to twenty: twenty questions

    • (as pronoun): to order twenty

Origin of twenty

1
Old English twēntig; related to Old High German zweinzug, German zwanzig

Other words from twenty

  • Related adjectives: vicenary, vigesimal
  • Related prefix: icosa-

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