twenty-one
Americannoun
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a cardinal number, 20 plus 1.
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a symbol for this number, as 21 or XXI.
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a set of this many persons or things.
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Cards. Also 21. blackjack.
adjective
noun
Example Sentences
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Alternative rock song of the year: twenty one pilots - "Level Of Concnern"
From Fox News • May 27, 2021
Success four flights thursday morning all against twenty one mile wind started from Level with engine power alone average speed through air thirty one miles longest 57 seconds inform Press home Christmas.
From Slate • Feb. 17, 2021
He also has produced Top 5 hits like twenty one pilot’s “Ride,” Halsey’s “Bad at Love,” Meghan Trainor’s “No” and Derulo and Snoop Dogg’s “Wiggle.”
From Seattle Times • Dec. 17, 2019
He also has produced Top 5 hits like twenty one pilot’s “Ride,” Halsey’s “Bad at Love,” Meghan Trainor’s “No” and Derulo and Snoop Dogg’s “Wiggle.”
From Washington Times • Dec. 17, 2019
Suppose you write, "He is twenty one years old."
From The Century Handbook of Writing by Greever, Garland
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