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twenty
CIDE DICTIONARY
twenty, a. [OE. twenty, AS. tw, twentig; akin to OFries. twintich, OS. tw, D. & LG. twintig, OHG. zweinzug, G. zwanzig, Goth. twai tigjis; that is, two tens. See Twain, Two, and Ten.].
- One more than nineteen; twice ten; as, twenty men. [1913 Webster]
- An indefinite number more or less that twenty. Shak. [1913 Webster]"Maximilian, upon twenty respects, could not have been the man." [1913 Webster]
twenty, n.
- The number next following nineteen; the sum of twelve and eight, or twice ten; twenty units or objects; a score. [1913 Webster]
- A symbol representing twenty units, as 20, or xx. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
twenty, n. & adj.
--n. (pl. -ies)
1 the product of two and ten.
2 a symbol for this (20, xx, XX).
3 (in pl.) the numbers from 20 to 29, esp. the years of a century or of a person's life.
4 colloq. a large indefinite number (have told you twenty times).
--adj. that amount to twenty.
--n. (pl. -ies)
1 the product of two and ten.
2 a symbol for this (20, xx, XX).
3 (in pl.) the numbers from 20 to 29, esp. the years of a century or of a person's life.
4 colloq. a large indefinite number (have told you twenty times).
--adj. that amount to twenty.
Idiom
twenty-first, -second , etc. the ordinal numbers between twentieth and thirtieth. twenty-one, -two , etc. the cardinal numbers between twenty and thirty. twenty-twenty (or 20/20)
1 denoting vision of normal acuity.
2 colloq. denoting clear perception or hindsight.
1 denoting vision of normal acuity.
2 colloq. denoting clear perception or hindsight.
Derivative
twentieth adj. & n. twentyfold adj. & adv.
Etymology
OE twentig (perh. as TWO, -TY(2))
ROGET THESAURUS
twenty
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