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[ twen-tee-fawr, -fohr, twuhn- ] / ˈtwɛn tiˈfɔr, -ˈfoʊr, ˈtwʌn- /
nouna cardinal number, 20 plus 4. a symbol for this number, as 24 or XXIV. a set of this many persons or things. adjectiveamounting to 24 in number. Words nearby twenty-fourTwenty-fifth Amendment, twenty-first, Twenty-first Amendment, twenty-five, twentyfold, twenty-four, twenty-fourmo, twenty-four-seven, twenty-fourth, Twenty-fourth Amendment, twentymo Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for twenty-fourA lot has happened along the way, such as twenty-four other Grisham bestsellers, totaling a quarter of a billion books sold. Still Killing Time: John Grisham Talks Broadway and “Sycamore Row”|Thane Rosenbaum|October 24, 2013|DAILY BEAST Twenty-four years and three months is a long time to stay in power, even for a dictator in the Horn of Africa. Is Sudan’s Uprising the Beginning of the End of Omar al Bashir?|John Prendergast|September 28, 2013|DAILY BEAST Twenty-four Senate Republicans have put out statements saying shutting down the government over Obamacare would be ridiculous. Most GOP Senators Will Bow to Ted Cruz on Obamacare|Michael Tomasky|September 25, 2013|DAILY BEAST Fortunately for Newton, “she arrives within twenty-four hours.” Helmut Newton Book ‘World Without Men’ Returns|Isabel Wilkinson|April 2, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Twenty-four percent of the online content from the Romney campaign was about the economy, versus 19 percent from Obama. Obama's Online Victory|Howard Kurtz|August 15, 2012|DAILY BEAST This makes nine five-pound loaves, cutting twenty-four slices each. Quantity Cookery|Lenore Richards Finally in many activities the work-day was extended to twenty-four hours. Artificial Light|M. Luckiesh By this time the men had been more than twenty-four hours on the ice. Billy Topsail, M.D.|Norman Duncan A heavy fog came up, and we lay to for more than twenty-four hours. Quincy Adams Sawyer and Mason's Corner Folks|Charles Felton Pidgin Give the stomach entire rest for at least twenty-four hours. Alcohol: A Dangerous and Unnecessary Medicine, How and Why|Martha M. Allen
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