twentiesnoun [ plural ]
uk/ˈtwen.tiz/us/ˈtwen.t̬iz/B2 A person's twenties are the period in which they are aged between 20 and 29:
I'd guess she's in her twenties.
the twenties
the range of temperature between 20° and 29°:
The temperature is expected to be in the twenties tomorrow.
B2 the decade (= period of ten years) between 20 and 29 in any century, usually 1920–1929 or 2020–2029:
She was born in the twenties.
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Describing age & birthdays
- a ripe old age idiom
- age group
- age limit
- aged
- be knocking (on) 60, 70, etc. idiom
- gone
- junior
- nonagenarian
- octogenarian
- old
- on the right/wrong side of 40, 50, etc. idiom
- put years on sb idiom
- senior
- spring chicken
- take years off sb idiom
- teens
- this side of sth idiom
- turn
- twenty-first
- when sb was a (mere) twinkle in their father's eye idiom
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