twenty-fourth

American  

[twen-tee-fawrth, -fohrth, twuhn-] / ˈtwɛn tiˈfɔrθ, -ˈfoʊrθ, ˈtwʌn- /

adjective

1. next after the twenty-third; being the ordinal number for 24.

2. being one of 24 equal parts.

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noun

1. a twenty-fourth part, especially of one (1/24).

2. the twenty-fourth member of a series.

Example Sentences

At ten minutes before five on Friday morning, Sandro Braga, a maintenance man at the Urby, took the elevator up to a vacant unit on the twenty-fourth floor, went inside, and flipped on a light.

From The New Yorker • Sep. 7, 2018

Honnold stopped at the twenty-fourth floor, about an hour into the climb, where a balcony jutted out far enough to give him room to recline.

From The New Yorker • Sep. 7, 2018

The twenty-fourth James Bond movie, Spectre, will also be the biggest, most expensive one yet, if leaked emails from the Sony hacking scandal are to be believed.

From Forbes • Jul. 22, 2015

The fire had been started, so a week-long official investigation would later decide, by a cigarette dropped onto the balcony of unit 2424, on the twenty-fourth floor.

From Salon • Mar. 22, 2015

Just before the Feast of St. Matthew, the twenty-fourth of February, I woke one morning unable to rise from my bed, being very ill.

From "The Door in the Wall" by Marguerite de Angeli