twenty-seven

American  

[twen-tee-sev-uhn, twuhn-] / ˈtwɛn tiˈsɛv ən, ˈtwʌn- /

noun

1. a cardinal number, 20 plus 7.

2. a symbol for this number, as 27 or XXVII.

3. a set of this many persons or things.

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adjective

1. amounting to 27 in number.

Example Sentences

I worked all my life to become young — no, you can’t persuade me to get old I will die twenty seven —

From New York Times • Dec. 30, 2016

Adding these twenty seven to the total, there are now just under 1,000 titles that have been recognized.

From Forbes • Jan. 18, 2015

This year, twenty seven new titles are being accepted into the institution’s growing list of famous names.

From Forbes • Jan. 18, 2015

Victoria paid the twenty seven and six with an admirable feeling of recklessness and left the shop reflecting that she looked the complete charwoman.

From A Bed of Roses by George, Walter Lionel

The abolition of the central national bank in 1836 left to the various state banks for twenty seven years all the banking functions of the country.

From Modern Economic Problems Economics Volume II by Fetter, Frank Albert