twenty
[ twen-tee, twuhn- ]
/ ˈtwɛn ti, ˈtwʌn- /
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noun, plural twen·ties.
adjective
amounting to 20 in number.
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Origin of twenty
First recorded before 900; Middle English; Old English twēntig; cognate with Old Frisian tw(e)intich,Old High German zweinzug (German zwanzig ), Gothic twai tigjus two tens
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British Dictionary definitions for twenty
twenty
/ (ˈtwɛntɪ) /
noun plural -ties
the cardinal number that is the product of ten and two; a scoreSee also number (def. 1)
a numeral, 20, XX, etc, representing this number
something representing, represented by, or consisting of 20 units
determiner
- amounting to twentytwenty questions
- (as pronoun)to order twenty
Other words from twenty
Related adjectives: vicenary, vigesimalRelated prefix: icosa-Word Origin for twenty
Old English twēntig; related to Old High German zweinzug, German zwanzig
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