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

“In the last twenty-four hours, my phone has become next to useless as I’ve received so many incoming messages and calls. It’s crazy,” he told MarketWatch in an interview.

From MarketWatch

Why, in the past twenty-four hours alone, she had traversed a forest on foot in uncomfortable boots, spent the night in a cave, and befriended a terrifying wolf.

From Literature

And within that time frame, there are just twenty-four to thirty-six hours in which she’s able to conceive.

From Literature

More than twenty-four hundred Americans were killed and almost twelve hundred people were wounded.

From Literature

It can take up to twenty-four hours for a properly functioning nuclear reactor to reach cold shutdown—the point at which the temperature of the core dips below boiling.

From Literature