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

I have less than twenty-four hours to compose the perfect apology.

From Literature

His ears had rung for twenty-four hours after the ten-minute pounding.

From Literature

The helicopter continued on to Kendra, where the smokestacks of a paper mill normally puffed gray clouds into the sky, twenty-four hours a day.

From Literature

They had a plane above the mountain almost twenty-four hours a day.

From Literature

A report had gone out that summer, from the City of Scholars: no griffins had been seen for twenty-four months.

From Literature