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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

TWEN'TY, a. [L. decem.]
1. Twice ten; as twenty men; twenty years.
2. Proverbially, an indefinite number.
Maximilian, upon twenty respects, could not have been the man.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: denoting a quantity consisting of 20 items or units [syn: twenty, 20, xx] n
1: the cardinal number that is the sum of nineteen and one [syn: twenty, 20, XX]
2: a United States bill worth 20 dollars [syn: twenty dollar bill, twenty]

Merriam Webster's

noun (plural twenties) Etymology: Middle English, from twenty, adjective, from Old English tw?ntig, noun, group of 20, from tw?n- (akin to Old English tw? two) + -tig group of 10; akin to Old English t?en ten — more at two, ten Date: 13th century 1. — see number table 2. 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

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. & adj. --n. (pl. -ies) 1 the product of two and ten. 2 a symbol for this (20, xx, XX). 3 (in pl.) the numbers from 20 to 29, esp. the years of a century or of a person's life. 4 colloq. a large indefinite number (have told you twenty times). --adj. that amount to twenty. Phrases and idioms: twenty-first, -second , etc. the ordinal numbers between twentieth and thirtieth. twenty-one, -two , etc. the cardinal numbers between twenty and thirty. twenty-twenty (or 20/20) 1 denoting vision of normal acuity. 2 colloq. denoting clear perception or hindsight. Derivatives: twentieth adj. & n. twentyfold adj. & adv. Etymology: OE twentig (perh. as TWO, -TY(2))

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(twenties) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. Twenty is the number 20. NUM 2. When you talk about the twenties, you are referring to numbers between 20 and 29. For example, if you are in your twenties, you are aged between 20 and 29. If the temperature is in the twenties, the temperature is between 20 and 29 degrees. They're both in their twenties and both married with children of their own. N-PLURAL 3. The twenties is the decade between 1920 and 1929. It was written in the Twenties, but it still really stands out. N-PLURAL: the N

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

twen'-ti.

See NUMBER.