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Definition of twenty-eight
(Entry 1 of 4)
: being one more than 27 in number
twenty-eight years — see Table of Numbers
twenty-eight
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Definition of twenty-eight (Entry 2 of 4)
: 28 countable persons or things not specified but under consideration and being enumerated
twenty-eight are here twenty-eight were found
twenty-eight
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Definition of twenty-eight (Entry 3 of 4)
1 : eight and 20 : four times seven
2a : 28 units or objects
a total of twenty-eight
b : a group or set of 28
3 : the numerable quantity symbolized by the arabic numerals 28
4 : the 28th in a set or series especially : an article of clothing of the 28th size wears a twenty-eight
twenty-eight
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Definition of twenty-eight (Entry 4 of 4)
: a West Australian yellow-collared parakeet (Platycercus zonarius semitorquatus)
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