Definition of Twenty-four

1. Noun. The cardinal number that is the sum of twenty-three and one.

Exact synonyms: 24, Two Dozen, Xxiv
Generic synonyms: Large Integer

2. Adjective. Being four more than twenty.
Exact synonyms: 24, Xxiv
Similar to: Cardinal

Definition of Twenty-four

1. Number. The cardinal number immediately following twenty-three and preceding twenty-five. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Twenty-four

twenty-eight
twenty-eighth
twenty-eighths
twenty-fifth
twenty-fifths
twenty-first
twenty-firsts
twenty-five
twenty-five-eight
twenty-five-thousander
twenty-five-thousanders
twenty-five/eight
twenty-five past
twenty-five percent
twenty-five to
twenty-four (current term)
twenty-four hours
twenty-four seven
twenty-fourmo
twenty-fourth
twenty-fourths
twenty-minute egg
twenty-nail dystrophy
twenty-nine
twenty-ninth
twenty-ninths
twenty-one
twenty-one hundred
twenty-oneth
twenty-past

Literary usage of Twenty-four

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Indian Affairs: Laws and Treaties by United States, Charles Joseph Kappler (1904)
"In township thirty-four, range two east: East half and east half of west half of southeast quarter section twenty-four, one hundred acres. ..."

2. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"... this institution. politan of Dará had three suffragans, while the Metropolitan of Seleucia in Isauria had twenty-four. To gain a collective idea of this ..."

3. Two Years Before the Mast: A Personal Narrative by Richard Henry Dana (1911)
"... twenty-four YEARS AFTER IT was in the winter of 1835-6 that the ship Alert, in the prosecution of her voyage for hides on the remote and almost unknown ..."

4. The Lancet (1842)
"kept at a temperature of 86° for twenty-four hours. At the expiration of that time it was feebly acid, and afforded seven grains of sugar. ..."

5. United States Statutes at Large: Containing the Laws and Concurrent by United States (1859)
"For twenty-four copies of the Congressional Globe and Appendix for each member and delegate of the first session of the Thirty-fourth Congress, thirty-four ..."

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