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.
3. plural noun
The twenties is the decade between 1920 and 1929.
It was written in the Twenties, but it still really stands out.
twenty in British English
(ˈtwɛntɪ)
nounWord forms: plural-ties
1.
the cardinal number that is the product of ten and two; a score
See also number (sense 1)
2.
a numeral, 20, XX, etc, representing this number
3.
something representing, represented by, or consisting of 20 units
determiner
4.
a.
amounting to twenty
twenty questions
b.
(as pronoun)
to order twenty
▶ Related adjectives: , ▶ Related prefix: vicenary, vigesimal, icosa-
Word origin
Old English twēntig; related to Old High German zweinzug, German zwanzig
twenty in American English
(ˈtwɛnti; ˈtwɛni; ˈtwʌni)
adjective
1.
two times ten
nounWord forms: pluralˈtwenties
2.
the cardinal number between nineteen and twenty-one; 20; XX
3. US, Informal
a twenty-dollar bill
Idioms:
the twenties
Word origin
ME twenti < OE twegentig, lit., two tens (akin to Ger zwanzig, Goth twai tigjus) < twegen, twain + -tig, -ty2
Examples of 'twenty' in a sentence
twenty
He is now in his early twenties and able to cope with life relatively well.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
He has claimed to have made his fortune in his early twenties.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
The game is a drastic demolition by a member of the team whose average age is in the early twenties.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
They go in their early twenties.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
In the past twenty years, typical life expectancy has improved by two years per decade.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
She's been practising in Britain for about twenty years and seems to be doing rather well.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
I do know it'll be a lot higher ten years from now, twenty years from now.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
They were no nearer thinking of another way to earn twenty pounds when the dressing gong went.
Diana Wynne Jones CHARMED LIFE (1977)
The average time for a defence equipment project is ten to twenty years.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
The optimism of twenty or thirty years ago is still with us today.
de Jong, Eveline Alternative Health Care for Children (1989)
She died in the midst of her triumph aged only twenty eight.
Jane Dunn ELIZABETH AND MARY: Cousins, Rivals, Queens (2003)
There can be between two and twenty owners.
Chambers, Ian Business Studies Basic Facts (1990)
In my twenties something in a box that sparkled would make me happy.
The Sun (2014)
We were wearing clothes that were more than twenty years old.
Jan Fennell FRIENDS FOR LIFE (2003)
Five hundred twenty five thousand six hundred minutes.
Christianity Today (2000)
That could be ten to twenty years off.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Since her early twenties she has been very rich indeed.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Do you think your brother could very kindly lend us twenty pounds by next Wednesday?
Diana Wynne Jones CHARMED LIFE (1977)
Simply absorbing the young and providing some employment for them when nearly half the population was aged under twenty was a formidable problem.
Grenville, J. A. S. The Collins History of the World in the 20th Century (1994)
But how could one jockey sort his way through something like 600 horses and twenty something trainers.
Frankie Dettori with Jonathan Powell FRANKIE: The Autobiography of Frankie Dettori (2004)
What we come twenty thousand miles to get is worth saving, sir.
Herman Melville Moby Dick (1901)
In other languages
twenty
British English: twenty /ˈtwɛntɪ/ NUMBER
Twenty is the number 20.
American English: twenty
Arabic: عِشْرُون
Brazilian Portuguese: vinte
Chinese: 二十
Croatian: dvadeset
Czech: dvacet
Danish: tyve
Dutch: twintig
European Spanish: veinte
Finnish: kaksikymmentä
French: vingt
German: zwanzig
Greek: είκοσι
Italian: venti
Japanese: 二十
Korean: 20
Norwegian: tjue
Polish: dwadzieścia
European Portuguese: vinte
Romanian: douăzeci
Russian: двадцать
Latin American Spanish: veinte
Swedish: tjugo
Thai: ยี่สิบ
Turkish: yirmi
Ukrainian: двадцять
Vietnamese: hai mươi
All related terms of 'twenty'
twenty-twenty
(of vision ) being of normal acuity : usually written 20/20
top twenty
the twenty most important or successful items in a particular list
twenty-one
a cardinal number, 20 plus 1
twenty-first
(in Britain) a person's 21st birthday and the celebrations for this occasion
twenty-sixer
a liquor bottle of around 26 ounces (0.750 litre ) capacity
the top twenty
the twenty best-selling pop music recordings at any particular time
twenty-twenty vision
vision that is of normal acuity
twenty-four-hour
lasting for twenty-four hours
twenty-four hours
the time taken by the Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis ; a whole day
twenty-four-seven
twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week ; constantly; all the time
pontoon
A pontoon is a floating platform , often one used to support a bridge.
twenty-six counties
the counties of the Republic of Ireland
Group of Twenty-Four
a group of twenty-four rich and industrialized countries of the world, whose heads of government meet regularly to coordinate the position of developing countries on monetary and development issues
twenty-two metre line
one of two lines on a rugby pitch which are twenty-two metres from the goal-line
twenty-four-hour service
a banking service that is always available
24-7
If something happens 24-7 , it happens all the time without ever stopping . 24-7 means twenty-four hours a day , seven days a week .
Group of Twenty Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors
a group of twenty people representing the financial interests of major industrial nations and blocs
Chinese translation of 'twenty'
twenty
(ˈtwɛntɪ)
num
二十 (èrshí)
twenty-one二十一 (èrshíyī)
see also
fifty
All related terms of 'twenty'
twenty-one
二十一 èrshíyī
ten/twenty plus
十几(幾)/二十多 shí jǐ/èrshí duō
twenty-four-seven
夜以继(繼)日地 yè yǐ jì rì de
a twenty-piece dinner service
20人的套餐服务(務) èrshí rén de tàocān fúwù
in the twenty-first century
在21世纪(紀) zài èrshíyī shìjì
to do sth twenty-four-seven
夜以继(繼)日地做某事 yè yǐ jì rì de zuò mǒushì
their album reached number twenty three
他们(們)的唱片在排行榜上名列23 tāmen de chàngpiàn zài páihángbǎng shang míng liè èrshísān