twenty-five

[ twen-tee-fahyv, twuhn- ]

/ ˈtwɛn tiˈfaɪv, ˈtwʌn- /

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noun

a cardinal number, 20 plus 5.

a symbol for this number, as 25 or XXV.

a set of this many persons or things.

adjective

amounting to 25 in number.

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Words nearby twenty-five

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How to use twenty-five in a sentence

Twenty-five more for-profits are on well on their way to doing the same thing.
The 26 Next Hobby Lobbys|Abby Haglage|December 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST
I arrive at twelve-twenty-five and the secretaries are in a tizzy.
Alfred Hitchcock’s Fade to Black: The Great Director’s Final Days|David Freeman|December 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Twenty-five years ago, Democrats faced the same challenges in reverse.
To Make Their Victory Durable, the GOP Must Fix the Minimum Wage|Dmitri Mehlhorn|November 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He was twenty-five and in peak physical condition when he went in, but a flabby thirty when he came out.
Football Great Bob Suffridge Wanders Through the End Zone of Life|Paul Hemphill|September 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST

She looks at you and then points to a rickety wooden boat about twenty-five meters from where you stand.
Whatever You Do Someone Will Die. A Short Story About Impossible Choices in Iraq|Nathan Bradley Bethea|August 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST
I presume the twenty-five or thirty miles at this end is unhealthy, even for natives, but it surely need not be so.
Glances at Europe|Horace Greeley
Edwin Clayhanger invited me to go over the printing-works at half-past six, and it's twenty-five minutes to seven now.
Hilda Lessways|Arnold Bennett
It is true that the parents so provided think more of the twenty-five francs than they do of the foundling.
The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol|William J. Locke
"Very well," said the other, handing him a check for twenty-five dollars as a retainer, and straightway left the office.
The Homesteader|Oscar Micheaux
The guerrilla loss he reported at fifty-two left dead on the field and one hundred and twenty-five wounded.
The Courier of the Ozarks|Byron A. Dunn