twenty-four

American  

[twen-tee-fawr, -fohr, twuhn-] / ˈtwɛn tiˈfɔr, -ˈfoʊr, ˈtwʌn- /

noun

1. a cardinal number, 20 plus 4.

2. a symbol for this number, as 24 or XXIV.

3. a set of this many persons or things.

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adjective

1. amounting to 24 in number.

Example Sentences

By the end of twenty-four hours, we had inches and inches of powdery, white snow — somewhere around 8”-10” all along the Coast from Texas to Florida.

From Salon

A total of twenty-four employees across the business have been made redundant.

From BBC

Around three of its sides sit twenty-four audience members.

From New York Times

Already, 41.8 million Americans "provide an average of twenty-four hours of 'informal' or unpaid care every week for a person fifty and older."

From Salon

When the government watches you twenty-four hours a day, you cannot use the word "liberty."

From Salon