twenty-four
Americannoun
-
a cardinal number, 20 plus 4.
-
a symbol for this number, as 24 or XXIV.
-
a set of this many persons or things.
adjective
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
In the new result, the researcher examined twenty four bacterial combinations made from bacterial cultures supplied by the biotech company Chr.
From Science Daily • Oct. 4, 2023
Witnesses said the strikes in the last twenty four hours in the rebel-held enclave also hit livestock and poultry farms close to the Bab al Hawa border crossing with Turkey.
From Reuters • Jan. 2, 2022
She drove him to the hospital, but twenty four hours later, he was dead.
From Washington Times • Sep. 17, 2017
In her autobiography, Helen hinted that she contemplated fleeing, or something worse; “I will pass over the temptations which I had during the twenty four hours after my father introduced me to the principle.”
From Salon • Apr. 20, 2014
The twenty four tributes will be imprisoned in a vast outdoor arena that could hold anything from a burning desert to a frozen wasteland.
From "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
