Definition of Twenty-seven

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

Exact synonyms: 27, Xxvii
Generic synonyms: Large Integer

2. Adjective. Being seven more than twenty.
Exact synonyms: 27, Xxvii
Similar to: Cardinal

Definition of Twenty-seven

1. Cardinal numeral. The cardinal number immediately following twenty-six and preceding twenty-eight. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Twenty-seven

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
twenty-second
twenty-seconds
twenty-seven (current term)
twenty-seventh
twenty-sevenths
twenty-six
twenty-sixth
twenty-third
twenty-thirds
twenty-three
twenty-three hundred
twenty-to
twenty-twenty
twenty-twenty hindsight
twenty-two
twenty-two hundred
twenty-two pistol

Literary usage of Twenty-seven

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

1. United States Statutes at Large: Containing the Laws and Concurrent by United States (1859)
"... range twenty-seven; northwest quarter of northeast quarter of section one, township sixty-nine, range twenty-seven ; northeast quarter of southeast ..."

2. Journal by General Assembly, Pennsylvania General Assembly. Senate, Pennsylvania (1901)
"Silas C. Swallow had twenty-seven thousand nine hundred and eight ... 27908 Hiram DeWalt had twenty-seven thousand eight hundred and eleven votes, ..."

3. Twenty Years of Congress: From Lincoln to Garfield ; with a Review of the by James Gillespie Blaine (1884)
"TAUGHT TO READ AT FIFTEEN. — MAYOR OF TOWN AT TWENTY-TWO. — IN THE LEGISLATURE AT twenty-seven. — PRESIDENTIAL ELECTOR IN AT THIRTY-TWO. ..."

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