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Definition of Twenty

1. Noun. The cardinal number that is the sum of nineteen and one.

2. Adjective. Denoting a quantity consisting of 20 items or units.

3. Noun. A United States bill worth 20 dollars.

Definition of Twenty

1. a. One more that nineteen; twice; as, twenty men.

2. n. The number next following nineteen; the sum of twelve and eight, or twice ten; twenty units or objects; a score.

Definition of Twenty

1. Numeral. The cardinal number 20, occurring after nineteen and before twenty-one. ¹

2. Noun. (colloquial) A banknote with a denomination of 20. ¹

3. Noun. (context: CB slang) 10-20 (location). ¹

4. Noun. (military) A set of twenty push-ups. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Twenty

1. a number [n -TIES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Twenty

twelvemonths twelvemos twelveness twelvepence twelvepenny twelvepenny nail twelves twelvescore twelveth twenny

twentie twenties twentieth twentiethly twentieths twenty (current term) 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

Literary usage of Twenty

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

1. Laws of the United States of a Local Or Temporary Character: And Exhibiting by United States (1880)
"Iowa, upon payment to the receiver of the proper land office one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre : Provided, That said entry shall be made within six ..."

2. Every Day in the Year: A Poetical Epitome of the World's History by James Lauren Ford, Mary K. Ford (1902)
"... And much where we were in twenty- eight, We shall be in twenty-nine. O'Connell will toil to raise the Rent, And Kenyon to sink the Nation; ..."

3. Annual Report by Correctional Association of New York (1870)
"twenty-FIFTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. ... This Association has now completed the twenty-fifth year of its existence and labors. ..."

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