twenty

(twentē, twenē, twunē)

adjective

two times ten

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

noun pl. twenties

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

See twenty in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
  1. The cardinal number equal to 2 × 10.
  2. twenties
    a. A decade or the numbers from 20 to 29: The children are now in their twenties. The temperature dipped into the twenties.
    b. often Twenties The decade from 20 to 29 in a century.
  3. A twenty-dollar bill.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English

Origin: , from Old English twēntig; see dwo- in Indo-European roots

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Related Forms:

  • twenˈty adjective & pron.

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