# twenty

Pronunciation: say "TWEN-tee" /ˈtwɛnti/

## Numeral

1. The cardinal number 20; one more than nineteen and one less than twenty-one.
   - Simple: The number that comes after nineteen and before twenty-one, written 20.
   - _The recipe makes twenty small biscuits at a time._
   - _He counted twenty cars waiting in the parking lot._

## Noun

2. The set of numbers running from twenty (20) through twenty-nine (29).
   - Simple: The whole numbers from 20 to 29, thought of as one group.
   - _Overnight lows dropped into the twenties along the coast._
   - _The house numbers on that side of the street are all in the twenties._
3. A banknote with a face value of 20. *(colloquial)*
   - Simple: A bill of paper money with a value of 20.
   - _He slipped the valet a twenty before driving off._
   - _I only had a couple of twenties left in my wallet._
4. A speaker's current location or position, in citizens-band radio slang.
   - Simple: Where someone is right now, used by people talking on CB radios.
   - _Breaker one-nine, what's your twenty?_
   - _The trucker got on the CB and asked, "What's your twenty?"_

## Other meanings

- (noun) A former English division of foot soldiers, grouped together for military service.

## Origin

From Middle English twenty, from Old English twēntiġ, literally "two tens," an old compound of a word for "two" plus a suffix meaning "group of ten." It is related to Dutch twintig and German zwanzig.

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