Hypertext Webster Gateway: "twenty"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Twenty \Twen"ty\, a. [OE. twenty, AS. tw?ntig, twentig; akin to
OFris. twintich, OS. tw?ntig, D. & LG. twintig, OHG.
zweinzug, G. zwanzig, Goth. twai tigjis; that is, two tens.
See {Twain}, {Two}, and {Ten}.]
1. One more that nineteen; twice; as, twenty men.
2. An indefinite number more or less that twenty. --Shak.
Maximilian, upon twenty respects, could not have
been the man. --Bacon.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Twenty \Twen"ty\, n.; pl. {Twenties}.
1. The number next following nineteen; the sum of twelve and
eight, or twice ten; twenty units or objects; a score.
2. A symbol representing twenty units, as 20, or xx.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
twenty
adj : denoting a quantity consisting of 20 items or units [syn: {20},
{xx}]
n : the cardinal number that is the sum of nineteen and one
[syn: {20}, {XX}]
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