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twenty definition

twenty (twen′tē, twen′ē, twun′ē)

adjective

two times ten

Etymology: ME twenti < OE twegentig, lit., two tens (akin to Ger zwanzig, Goth twai tigjus) < twegen, twain + -tig, -ty

noun pl. twenties -·ties

  1. the cardinal number between nineteen and twenty-one; 20; XX
  2. ☆ Informal a twenty-dollar bill
twenty Idioms

the twenties

the numbers or years, as of a century, from twenty through twenty-nine

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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