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BNC: 605 COCA: 2086

twenty

twenty /ˈtwɛnti/ noun
plural twenties
twenty
/ˈtwɛnti/
noun
plural twenties
Learner's definition of TWENTY
[count] : the number 20(数字)二十
[count] : the 20th in a set or series(一组或一个系列中的)第二十个
twenties [plural]
: the numbers ranging from 20 to 29二十几
: a set of years ending in digits ranging from 20 to 29二十年代;二十多岁
[count]
US : a twenty-dollar bill二十美元面值的钞票
British : a twenty-pound note二十英镑面值的钞票

— twentieth

/ˈtwɛntijəθ/ noun, plural twentieths [count]

— twentieth

adjective

— twenty

adjective

— twenty

pronoun
BNC: 605 COCA: 2086

twenty

noun

twen·​ty ˈtwen-tē How to pronounce twenty (audio) ˈtwən- How to pronounce twenty (audio)
plural twenties
1
: a number equal to two times 10 see Table of Numbers
2
twenties plural : the numbers 20 to 29
specifically : the years 20 to 29 in a lifetime or century
3
: a 20-dollar bill
twentieth adjective or noun
twenty adjective
twenty pronoun, plural in construction

Example Sentences

Tomorrow the temperature will be in the low twenties.
Recent Examples on the Web Every decade is consequential in its own way, but the twenty-twenties will be consequential in a more or less permanent way. Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker, 5 Jan. 2020 The effort began on March 28th, when Yumi Hogan, who had immigrated from South Korea while in her twenties, joined her husband on a call to the Korean Ambassador. Robert P. Baird, The New Yorker, 14 May 2020 All in their twenties, Monsta X are wearing dramatic red and black prints, some in billowy button-up shirts, and all in tight, black leather pants. Natalie Morin, refinery29.com, 12 May 2020 At times, Epstein arrived with one or two female assistants who appeared to be in their twenties, something that made observers uncomfortable, witnesses told the investigators. Michael Mcdonald, Bloomberg.com, 7 May 2020 She finally was diagnosed in her twenties and has learned to live (and thrive) since. Sunset Magazine, 19 Mar. 2020 Waxenbaum says most people’s bones have finished fusing together around the start of puberty, though a few stragglers, like the collarbone, don’t fully form until our early to mid twenties. Alex Schwartz, Popular Science, 5 Feb. 2020 Officials said the subject is a woman in her twenties who recently traveled to Italy, one of the countries hardest hit by the outbreak. William Cummings, USA TODAY, 9 Mar. 2020 Now halfway through her twenties, Taylor Tomlinson is ready to leave her mistakes behind her. P. Claire Dodson, Teen Vogue, 29 Feb. 2020 See More

Word History

Etymology

Middle English, from twenty, adjective, from Old English twēntig, noun, group of 20, from twēn- (akin to Old English twā two) + -tig group of 10; akin to Old English tīen ten — more at two, ten

First Known Use

13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of twenty was in the 13th century
BNC: 605 COCA: 2086

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