TWENTY


Meaning of TWENTY in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ twenti ]

( twenties)

Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English.

1.

Twenty is the number 20.

NUM

2.

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 aged between 20 and 29. If the temperature is in the twenties , the temperature is between 20 and 29 degrees.

They’re both in their twenties and both married with children of their own.

N-PLURAL

3.

The twenties is the decade between 1920 and 1929.

It was written in the Twenties, but it still really stands out.

N-PLURAL : the N

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