twenty-seven

American  

[twen-tee-sev-uhn, twuhn-] / ˈtwɛn tiˈsɛv ən, ˈtwʌn- /

noun

1. a cardinal number, 20 plus 7.

2. a symbol for this number, as 27 or XXVII.

3. a set of this many persons or things.

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adjective

1. amounting to 27 in number.

Example Sentences

I worked all my life to become young — no, you can’t persuade me to get old I will die twenty seven —

From New York Times • Dec. 30, 2016

Adding these twenty seven to the total, there are now just under 1,000 titles that have been recognized.

From Forbes • Jan. 18, 2015

This year, twenty seven new titles are being accepted into the institution’s growing list of famous names.

From Forbes • Jan. 18, 2015

The Bottomless Pit is somewhat in the shape of a horse-shoe, having a tongue of land twenty seven feet long, running out into the middle of it.

From Rambles in the Mammoth Cave, during the Year 1844 By a Visiter by Bullitt, Alexander Clark

He afterward explored the eastern coast of New Holland, hitherto unknown; an extent of twenty seven degrees of latitude, or upward of two thousand miles.

From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 16 by Kerr, Robert