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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024twen•ti•eth (twen′tē ith, twun′-),USA pronunciation adj. - next after the nineteenth;
being the ordinal number for 20. - being one of 20 equal parts.
n. - a twentieth part, esp. of one (1⁄20).
- the twentieth member of a series.
- Middle English twentithe, Old English twentigotha. See twenty, -eth2 bef. 900
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: ˈtwentieth /ˈtwɛntɪɪθ/ adj - (usually prenominal) coming after the nineteenth in numbering or counting order, position, time, etc; being the ordinal number of twenty: often written 20th
- (as noun): he left on the twentieth
n - one of 20 approximately equal parts of something
- (as modifier): a twentieth part
- the fraction that is equal to one divided by 20 ( 1⁄20)
twen•ty /ˈtwɛnti, ˈtwʌn-/USA pronunciation n., pl. -ties, adj. n. [countable] - a cardinal number, 10 times 2.
- a symbol for this number, as 20 or XX.
- a set of this many persons or things.
- Informal Termsa twenty-dollar bill.
- twenties, the numbers from 20 through 29, as in referring to the years of a lifetime or of a century or to degrees of temperature:the roaring twenties;He's in his late twenties;temperature in the low twenties.
adj. [before a noun] - amounting to 20 in number.
twen•ti•eth, adj., n. [countable] WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024twen•ty (twen′tē, twun′-),USA pronunciation n., pl. -ties, adj. n. - a cardinal number, 10 times 2.
- a symbol for this number, as 20 or XX.
- a set of this many persons or things.
- Informal Termsa twenty-dollar bill:Can you give me two tens for a twenty?
- twenties, the numbers, years, degrees, or the like, from 20 through 29, as in referring to numbered streets, indicating the years of a lifetime or of a century, or referring to degrees of temperature:He lives in the West Twenties. She's in her early twenties. The temperature must be in the high twenties today.
adj. - amounting to 20 in number.
- bef. 900; Middle English; Old English twēntig; cognate with Old Frisian tw(e)intich, Old High German zweinzug (German zwanzig), Gothic twai tigjus two tens
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