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twenty

/ˈtwɛnti/ [-ɛɾ̃i]noun, adjective2 syllables

Twenty means: being one more than nineteen.

Synonyms for twenty5

noun, as in the cardinal number that is the sum of nineteen and one

20, XX

noun, as in a United States bill worth 20 dollars

twenty dollar bill

adjective, as in being one more than nineteen

20, xx, cardinal

also used for twenty

onescore

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What does twenty mean?3

adjective

1

being one more than nineteen

noun

1

the cardinal number that is the sum of nineteen and one

2

a United States bill worth 20 dollars

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with twenty?1

two syllables

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Twenty in a sentence

  • Even though he has turned twenty, he's still too timid to chat with girls.CK
  • She said she was twenty years old, which was not true.CK
  • Each year, twenty-seven million acres of the tropical rainforests are destroyed.CK
  • On the tenth of next month, they will have been married for twenty years.CC
  • Ten, eleven, twelve, thirteen, fourteen, fifteen, sixteen, seventeen, eighteen, nineteen, twenty.human600
  • We got stuck in a traffic jam, which made us twenty minutes late.CK
  • Hasten slowly, and without losing heart, put your work twenty times upon the anvil.Scott
  • Ten, twenty, thirty, forty, fifty, sixty, seventy, eighty, ninety, hundred.Eldad

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Forms of twenty

as a noun

plural
twenties