Meaning
4 senses(in the plural)The numbers twenty (20) to twenty-nine (29).
She looks like she's in her early twenties, perhaps 21 or 22 years old?
(colloquial)A banknote with a denomination of 20.
The waiter’s face lit up when I gave him a twenty.
двадцаткаdvadcatka
10-20 (location).
What’s your twenty, good buddy?
(UK, historical)An old English division of infantry.
- the cardinal number that is the sum of nineteen and one
- a United States bill worth 20 dollars
Examples
1062 sentencesHe wrote this novel at twenty.
Він написав цей роман коли йому було двадцять років. — ascolto
deEr schrieb diesen Roman mit Zwanzig. — virgil
She got married when she was twenty-five.
Вона одружилася, коли їй було двадцять п'ять років. — deniko
ruОна вышла замуж, когда ей было двадцать пять. — Biga
deSie heiratete im Alter von 25. — al_ex_an_der
My mother got married at the age of twenty.
Моя мати вийшла заміж у віці двадцяти років. — lingvokrolik
ruМоя мать вышла замуж в двадцатилетнем возрасте. — Hellerick
deMeine Mutter heiratete mit zwanzig Jahren. — Manfredo
Out of twenty students, only one has read the book.
Із двадцяти студентів, лише один прочитав книжку. — deniko
ruИз двадцати студентов только один прочёл книгу. — marafon
deVon zwanzig Schülern hat lediglich einer das Buch gelesen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
I have written to him once a month for almost twenty years.
Я писав йому раз на місяць протягом майже двадцяти років. — ChickenKiev
ruЯ писал ему раз в месяц в течение почти 20 лет. — Smoky
deIch habe ihm fast 20 Jahre lang einmal monatlich geschrieben. — Waldelfe
Translations
2 languagesOrigin
From Middle English twenty, twenti, from Old English twēntiġ (“twenty”, literally “two tenFrom Middle English twenty, twenti, from Old English twēntiġ (“twenty”, literally “two tens”), from Proto-Germanic *twaintigiwiz, *twai tigiwiz, an old compound of *twain- (“two”) + *-tigaz (“group of ten”), equivalent to two + -ty, or twain + -ty. Cognate with Scots twenty, tuenty (“twenty”), West Frisian tweintich (“twenty”), Dutch twintig (“twenty”), German zwanzig (“twenty”), Danish tyve.
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Forms
plural: twentiesSynonyms
3 synonyms- the cardinal number that is the sum of nineteen and one:20XX
- a United States bill worth 20 dollars:twenty dollar bill
Collocations
12 patterns- twenty years
- twenty minutes
- twenty miles miles
- age of twenty
- twenty years old
- for twenty years
- more than twenty
- twenty four
- twenty dollars
- was twenty years
- in his twenties
- twenty miles
See also
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