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twen·ty

(twĕn′tē, twŭn′-)

1. The cardinal number equal to 2 × 10.

2. twenties

a. A decade or the numbers from 20 to 29: The children are now in their twenties. The temperature dipped into the twenties.

b. often Twenties The decade from 20 to 29 in a century.

3. A twenty-dollar bill.

[Middle English, from Old English twēntig; see dwo- in Indo-European roots.]

twen′ty adj. & pron.

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Noun	1.	twenties - the time of life between 20 and 30 mid-twenties time of life - a period of time during which a person is normally in a particular life state adulthood, maturity - the period of time in your life after your physical growth has stopped and you are fully developed
	2.	twenties - the decade from 1920 to 1929 1920s decade, decennary, decennium - a period of 10 years

Translations

العِشْرينات من القَرْندرجات الحَرارَه بين العِشْرين والثّلاثينفَتْرَة العِشْرينات من العُمْر

dvacátá létapřes dvacetteplota mezi 20 a 30

tyverne

Zwanziger

entre veinte y treinta los años veinte

vingtaine

huszashuszas évek

milli tuttugu og òrjátíuòriîji áratugurinnòrítugsaldur

tjueåra

dvadsiate roky

20-30 arası asırlar20-30 arası dereceler20-30 yaşlar

二三十岁二三十度二十年代

twenties

[ˈtwɛntiz] npl

(= age) to be in one's twenties → avoir la vingtaine
a woman in her twenties → un femme d'une vingtaine d'années
I really enjoyed my early twenties → Je me suis beaucoup amusé quand j'avais vingt, vingt-cinq ans.

(= 1920s) the twenties → les années vingt
in the twenties → dans les années vingt
the late twenties → la fin des années vingt
the early twenties → le début des années vingt

(= temperature)
The temperature sometimes gets up to the high twenties → De temps en temps la température frôle les trente degrés.
It rarely gets warmer here than the low twenties → Ici la température dépasse rarement les vingt degrés.
in the twenties → dans les vingt degrés

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twenty

(ˈtwenti) noun

1. the number or figure 20.

2. the age of 20.

adjective

1. 20 in number.

2. aged 20.

ˈtwenties noun plural

1. the period of time between one's twentieth and thirtieth birthdays.

2. the range of temperatures between twenty and thirty degrees.

3. the period of time between the twentieth and thirtieth years of a century.

ˈtwentieth noun

1. one of twenty equal parts.

2. (also adjective) (the) last of twenty (people, things etc); (the) next after the nineteenth.

twenty-

having twenty (of something).

ˈtwenty-year-old noun

a person who is twenty years old.

adjective

(of a person or thing) twenty years old.

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