The meaning of TWENTY is a number equal to two times 10. How to use twenty in a sentence.

Definition of twenty in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

Dec 14, 2025 · From Middle English twenty, twenti, from Old English twēntiġ (“twenty”, literally “two tens”), from Proto-Germanic *twaintigiwiz, *twai tigiwiz, an old compound of *twain- …

It takes me twenty minutes to get to work. I found a twenty pence piece in the phone booth. She practised medicine for twenty years before she became a writer. She was only twenty when …

Twenty is the number 20. He spent twenty years in India. 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 …

Define twenty. twenty synonyms, twenty pronunciation, twenty translation, English dictionary definition of twenty. n. 1. The cardinal number equal to 2 × 10. 2. twenties a. A decade or the …

/ˈtwɛnti/ IPA guide Other forms: twenties Definitions of twenty noun the cardinal number that is the sum of nineteen and one synonyms: 20, XX

Informal Terms a 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 …

Twenty or 20 may refer to: 20 (number), the natural number following 19 and preceding 21 one of the years 20 BC, AD 20, 1920, 2020

twenty, adj. & n. meanings, etymology, pronunciation and more in the Oxford English Dictionary