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twenty |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Twenty \Twen"ty\, a. [OE. twenty, AS tw?ntig, twentig akin to OFris twintich OS tw?ntig, D. & LG twintig OHG. zweinzug G. zwanzig Goth. twai tigjis; that is two tens. See {Twain}, {Two}, and {Ten}.] 1. One more that nineteen; twice; as twenty men. 2. An indefinite number more or less that twenty. --Shak. Maximilian, upon twenty respects, could not have been the man. --Bacon. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. 2. A symbol representing twenty units, as 20, or xx From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: twenty adj : denoting a quantity consisting of 20 items or units [syn: {20}, {xx}, {score}] n : the cardinal number that is the sum of nineteen and one [syn: {20}, {XX}]
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