Twenty (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

noun, plural twen·ties.
  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. a twenty-dollar bill: Can you give me two tens for a twenty?
  5. 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. location; ten-twenty: What’s your twenty?
adjective
  1. amounting to 20 in number.
noun plural -ties
  1. the cardinal number that is the product of ten and two; a score
  2. a numeral, 20, XX, etc, representing this number
  3. something representing, represented by, or consisting of 20 units
determiner
    • amounting to twenty
    • (as pronoun)
Twenty (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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