twenty

noun

twen·ty | \ ˈtwen-tē

, ˈtwən-

plural twenties

Definition of twenty

1 : a number equal to two times 10 — see Table of Numbers

2 twenties plural : the numbers 20 to 29 specifically : the years 20 to 29 in a lifetime or century

3 : a 20-dollar bill

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Other Words from twenty

twentieth \ ˈtwen-tē-əth

, ˈtwən- \ adjective or noun

twenty adjective

twenty pronoun, plural in construction

Examples of twenty in a Sentence

Tomorrow the temperature will be in the low twenties.

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By his late twenties he was installed as foreign minister by occupying Vietnamese forces, and in 1985, prime minister in a single-party communist regime. — Fox News, "Hun Sen plays hardball to keep his grip on Cambodia," 31 July 2018 Our customer could be a young professional in her twenties, her mother and equally her grandmother. — Minna Shim, Harper's BAZAAR, "The London-Based Brand Fashion Girls Are Obsessed With," 24 Jan. 2019 What is the effect when testosterone is flooding the system in your teens or twenties? — Andrew Sullivan, Daily Intelligencer, "Is the World Done With Liberal Democracy?," 1 June 2018 Even as debates about the nature of Hitler’s leadership go back and forth, scholars largely agree that his ideology was more or less fixed from the mid-twenties onward. — Naomi Fry, The New Yorker, "How American Racism Influenced Hitler," 23 Apr. 2018 Temperatures will rise by about a dozen degrees, ranging from the low twenties to mid-thirties both days. — Matthew Ormseth, courant.com, "Cold, Sunny Skies Forecast For Sunday, Snow A Few Days Away," 14 Jan. 2018 Guests were transported back to the roaring twenties thanks to the night's Masquerade Retrograde theme, bringing out everyone's inner flapper and Charlie Chaplin enthusiast. — Logan Sykes, Town & Country, "The AMNH Museum Dance is Your Childhood Dream Come True," 18 Apr. 2015 In 2004, in their mid-twenties, Sarah and Jen took in a 15-year-old foster daughter. — Lauren Smiley, Glamour, "Two White Moms. Six Black Kids. One Unthinkable Tragedy. A Look Inside the ‘Perfect’ Hart Family," 6 Sep. 2018 Even after stage 5, though, the amount and distribution of hair — especially on the upper inner thighs — could change until your mid-twenties. — Hannah Orenstein, Seventeen, "5 Things You Never Knew About Pubic Hair," 6 Aug. 2018

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