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Definition of twenty - Reverso English Dictionary
Noun
1.
numberthe number 20 as a countable unit
- He counted to twenty before opening his eyes.
2.
score in gamesscore equal to two groups of ten points
- He scored a twenty in his last dart throw..
3.
financeUS paper bill worth $20 used for regular cash purchasesUS
- She handed the cashier a twenty.
Adjective
numbersdenoting a quantity of 20 items
- The box contains twenty chocolates.
Images of twenty
paper bill worth $20 used for regular cash purchases
Expressions with twenty
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guessing game where players ask up to 20 questions
We played twenty questions to pass the time on the road trip.
ask a series of questions to guess something
They decided to play twenty questions to guess the movie title.
the number after twenty-four
She turned twenty-five today.
the number following 119 and before 121
The total came to one hundred twenty.
the number after twenty-seven
She turned twenty-eight last week.
number equal to two dozen
He bought twenty-four eggs for the recipe..
the number after twenty-eight and before thirty
She turned twenty-nine today.
the number after twenty and before twenty-two
She turned twenty-one last week.
the number after twenty-six
She turned twenty-seven today.
the number after twenty-five and before twenty-seven
She turned twenty-six last week.
being three more than twenty
She has twenty-three apples in her basket.
the number after twenty-one and before twenty-three
She turned twenty-two last week.
one part in five equal parts
Twenty percent of the cake was eaten.
about twenty people or things, not exactly counted
There were twenty or so in the audience.
person aged between 20 and 29 years old
The party was full of twenty-something enjoying the music.
at a time twenty minutes past the hour
The meeting starts at twenty after.
piece of paper money worth twenty dollars
She paid for the meal with a twenty dollar bill.
coming next after the twentieth in position
She finished in the twenty-first place.
ordinal number following the twenty-fourth
She finished in the twenty-fifth place in the race.
ranked 24th in a sequence
He finished twenty-fourth in the marathon..
coming next after the twenty-first in position
She finished in the twenty-second place in the race.
coming next after the twenty-sixth in position
She finished in the twenty-seventh place.
ranked 26th in a sequence
He finished in the twenty-sixth place in the race..
following the twenty-second in a sequence
She finished in the twenty-third place in the race.
Origin of twenty
Old English, twentig (twice ten)
Terms with twenty included in their meaning
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number
being ten more than twenty
ordinal position
coming next after the twenty-second in position
evening time
the start of the twenty-first hour of the day
night
the start of the twenty-fourth hour of the day
mathematics
the number following one hundred twenty-nine
night time
the start of the twenty-third hour of the day
ordinal position
coming next after the twenty-first in position
frequency
happening many times, often more than twenty
frequency
many occurrences, usually more than twenty-four times
quantity
the number twenty-four
age
car more than twenty-five years old
time span
period of twenty-five years
finance
twenty British pounds in informal speech
finance
sum of twenty-five pounds
group of twenty
groups of twenty items
anniversary
denoting the twenty-fifth anniversary
australia money
Australian twenty-dollar note
roman numeral
number equal to twenty-one
numbers
roman numeral for the number twenty-four
abr: kilo-, 1,024
prefix meaning one thousand twenty-four units
quantity
group or set of twenty
fraction
one of twenty equal parts of a whole
numbers
abbreviation of twenty-second
drug amount
twenty-dollar sack of marijuana
Examples of twenty in a sentence
The room can accommodate twenty guests. She hit a twenty on her first try. Reaching a score of twenty was his main goal. He found a twenty in his old coat pocket. The vending machine only accepts twenties. She counted twenty students in the classroom.
The recipe calls for twenty tomatoes.
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- French:vingt, vingtaine, ...
- German:Zwanzig, zwanzig, ...
- Italian:venti, venti dollari, ...
- Spanish:veinte, billete de veinte, ...
- Portuguese:vinte, nota de vinte, ...
- Chinese:二十, 二十个, ...
- Japanese:二十, 20個の, ...
- Arabic:عِشْرُون, وَرَقَة عِشْرِينَ دُولَارًا, ...
- Hebrew:עֶשְׂרִים, שְׁטַר שֶׁל עֶשְׂרִים, ...
- Russian:двадцать, двадцатый, ...
- Ukrainian:двадцять, ...
- Hindi:बीस, बीस का स्कोर, ...
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