twenty-one

American  

[twen-tee-wuhn, twuhn-] / ˈtwɛn tiˈwʌn, ˈtwʌn ti- /

noun

1. a cardinal number, 20 plus 1.

2. a symbol for this number, as 21 or XXI.

3. a set of this many persons or things.

4. Cards. Also 21. blackjack.

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adjective

1. amounting to 21 in number.

twenty-one British  

noun

1. another name (esp US) for pontoon 2

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Example Sentences

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twenty-one

One hundred twenty-one of the 594 athletes on the American team — more than one in five — are from the state.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2024

At least twenty-one people have died in southern Brazil, after a cyclone made landfall in the state of Rio Grande do Sul.

From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2023

But twenty-one states, including Georgia and New York, still keep homebuyers in the dark.

From Salon ● Feb. 17, 2023

Then in 1928, the vote was extended to women twenty-one and older.

From Textbooks ● Dec. 14, 2022

Hosie was still not through high school, even though he was twenty-one.

From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns

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