TWENTY


Meaning of TWENTY in English

number

COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES

a two-hour/twenty minute etc nap

At age four, she was still having a two-hour nap every day.

in your early twenties/forties etc (= aged 20–23, 40–43 etc )

Both men are in their early twenties.

ten to five/twenty to one etc (= ten minutes, twenty minutes etc before a particular hour )

PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

in your middle twenties/thirties etc

Among these was a tall firebrand of a patriot in his middle twenties.

Owen and the Victoria Centre Owen is in his middle thirties and his working background is in education.

While still in his middle twenties, he was offered a teaching position at an Ivy League university.

You must be in your middle thirties.

twenty-four hour clock

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

Since most of the male students were in their mid to late twenties, spouse hunting for them was a major preoccupation.

Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary.      Дополнительный английский словарь Longman DOCE5.