Twenty

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Twenty \Twen"ty\, n.; pl. {Twenties}.
     1. The number next following nineteen; the sum of twelve and
        eight, or twice ten; twenty units or objects; a score.
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     2. A symbol representing twenty units, as 20, or xx.


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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Twenty \Twen"ty\ (tw[e^]n"t[y^]), a. [OE. twenty, AS.
     tw[=e]ntig, twentig; akin to OFries. twintich, OS.
     tw[=e]ntig, D. & LG. twintig, OHG. zweinzug, G. zwanzig,
     Goth. twai tigjis; that is, two tens. See {Twain}, {Two}, and
     {Ten}.]
     1. One more than nineteen; twice ten; as, twenty men.
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     2. An indefinite number more or less that twenty. --Shak.
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              Maximilian, upon twenty respects, could not have
              been the man.                         --Bacon.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  twenty
       adj : denoting a quantity consisting of 20 items or units [syn: {20},
              {xx}]
       n 1: the cardinal number that is the sum of nineteen and one
            [syn: {20}, {XX}]
       2: a United States bill worth 20 dollars [syn: {twenty dollar
          bill}]