twenty's

twen·ty

T t

Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [twen-tee, twuhn-]
- /ˈtwɛn ti, ˈtwʌn-/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [twen-tee, twuhn-]
- /ˈtwɛn ti, ˈtwʌn-/

Definitions of twenty's word

noun plural twenty's a cardinal number, 10 times 2. 1
noun plural twenty's a symbol for this number, as 20 or XX. 1
noun plural twenty's a set of this many persons or things. 1
noun plural twenty's Informal. a twenty-dollar bill: Can you give me two tens for a twenty? 1
noun plural twenty's 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. 1
adjective twenty's amounting to 20 in number. 1

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Origin of twenty's

First appearance:

before 900

One of the 4% oldest English words

before 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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Parts of speech for Twenty's

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

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twenty's popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 98% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".