twenty-five

American  

[twen-tee-fahyv, twuhn-] / ˈtwɛn tiˈfaɪv, ˈtwʌn- /

noun

1. a cardinal number, 20 plus 5.

2. a symbol for this number, as 25 or XXV.

3. a set of this many persons or things.

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adjective

1. amounting to 25 in number.

Example Sentences

In his book “Changing Fortunes,” former Fed Chairman Paul Volcker wrote that “the performance of the world economy in the first twenty-five years after Bretton Woods was exceptional.”

From The Wall Street Journal

I hadn’t seen enough of her teeth to be sure, but I figured her age to already be about twenty-five.

From Literature

“Margaret, you must do something about my face. To look at me, anyone would think I was a bloodless old crone of twenty-five.”

From Literature

There are roughly twenty-five varieties of bamboo plants grown in the area where the pandas currently live.

From Literature

In order for the Erebus to make its way through the thickest ice fields, the British Admiralty equipped the vessel with a fifteen-ton, twenty-five horsepower railroad locomotive engine.

From Literature