twenty

3 definitions found

twenty - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. A symbol representing twenty units, as 20, or xx.
        [1913 Webster]

  Twenty \Twen"ty\ (tw[e^]n"t[y^]), a. [OE. twenty, AS.
     tw[=e]ntig, twentig; akin to OFries. twintich, OS.
     tw[=e]ntig, D. & LG. twintig, OHG. zweinzug, G. zwanzig,
     Goth. twai tigjis; that is, two tens. See Twain, Two, and
     Ten.]
     1. One more than nineteen; twice ten; as, twenty men.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. An indefinite number more or less that twenty. --Shak.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Maximilian, upon twenty respects, could not have
              been the man.                         --Bacon.
        [1913 Webster]

twenty - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  twenty
      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]