twenty

UK /ˈtwɛnti/ US /ˈtwɛnti/

noun 4num 1name 1

Definitions

num

The cardinal number 20, occurring after nineteen and before twenty-one.

noun

The numbers twenty (20) to twenty-nine (29).

She looks like she's in her early twenties, perhaps 21 or 22 years old?

A banknote with a denomination of 20.

The waiter’s face lit up when I gave him a twenty.

The more a shop looks as though it trades in farthings and ha’pennies, the more tenners and twenties you can expect to hand over at the till.

10-20 (location).

What’s your twenty, good buddy?

What's your twenty? Where's your brain? Checking in to check you out Concerned about your whereabouts

An old English division of infantry.

name

A hamlet in Bourne parish, South Kesteven district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF1520).

Collocations

ADJ.

behind, constant, high

The team stayed twenty points behind their rivals throughout the entire season.

VERB + TWENTY

age, building, gave, laid, passing, past, takes, took

She gave twenty dollars to the homeless man sitting outside the store.

TWENTY + NOUN

dollars, hours, i'll, minutes, number, people, percent, stories

I waited for twenty minutes before the doctor finally called my name.

PREP.

about, in, off, than

She's been working at that company for about twenty years now.

ADV.

already, only

She was already twenty when she decided to move to the city for university.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — the cardinal number that is the sum of nineteen and one

adjective — denoting a quantity consisting of 20 items or units

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

twenty to the dozen

very fast, fluently

He can talk French twenty to the dozen.

I'm twenty years old

Indicates that the speaker is aged twenty.

twenty winks

A very short sleep, half as long as forty winks.

All right, go along to the doting mother, while I stretch out on the settle and chance twenty winks of sleep before Andrew turns up. I never sleep well on the train, as you know.

twenty dollars is twenty dollars

Used to express a willingness to do something one would not ordinarily do, if one is paid for it.

I'm not gay, but twenty dollars is twenty dollars.

twenty bucks is twenty bucks

Synonym of twenty dollars is twenty dollars.

Example Bank

She looks like she's in her early twenties, perhaps 21 or 22 years old?

Wiktionary

The waiter’s face lit up when I gave him a twenty.

Wiktionary

The more a shop looks as though it trades in farthings and ha’pennies, the more tenners and twenties you can expect to hand over at the till.

Wiktionary

Where is your twenty? I'll give you five bucks for it.

Tatoeba · #2254

It was twenty years ago as I look back on it.

Tatoeba · #22313

We Japanese come of age at twenty.

Tatoeba · #22610

Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, twenty is marked as colloquial, UK, historical. Watch for register when choosing this word.

Your note

not saved

0 chars