twenty

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈtwɛnti/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˈtwɛnti, ˈtwʌn-/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(twentē, twun-)

Inflections of 'twenty' (n): npl: twenties

Collocations for "twenty"


Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "twenty" in context.

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twenty

Most examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.
cardinal
  1. she is [around, about] twenty
  2. is in her twenties
  3. the [house, car, ship] was built in the twenties
  4. the [Charleston, Can Can] was popular in the twenties
  5. the temperature was in the [low, high] twenties
  6. a size twenty
  7. twenty out of every hundred
  8. twenty plus [one] equals [twenty-one]
  9. twenty minus [one] equals [nineteen]
  10. [took out, paid with] a twenty
  11. [just, only] twenty (more, hours, pieces) left
  12. twenty [pieces, parts, chapters]
  13. is twenty years old
  14. turned twenty years old (today)
  15. will be twenty (years old)
  16. a twenty-year-old [man, movie]
  17. twenty [minutes, days, years] later
  18. twenty [minutes] [after, ago, before]
  19. on (more) than twenty separate occasions
  20. took (me) twenty hours to finish
  21. [about, approximately, around, near] twenty
  22. do twenty more [sit ups, push ups]
  23. [wasted, spent, worth] twenty thousand dollars
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