twenty. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

The American Heritage^® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

twenty

SYLLABICATION:	twen·ty
PRONUNCIATION:	twnt, twn-
NOUN:	1. The cardinal number equal to 2 × 10. 2. twenties a. A decade or the numbers from 20 to 29: The children are now in their twenties. The temperature dipped into the twenties. b. often Twenties The decade from 20 to 29 in a century. 3. A twenty-dollar bill.
ETYMOLOGY:	Middle English, from Old English twntig. See dwo- in Appendix I.
OTHER FORMS:	twenty —ADJECTIVE & PRONOUN


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