twenty

Phonetic

US /ˈtwenti/UK /ˈtwenti/

Translations

NUMThe cardinal number 20, occurring after nineteen and before twenty-one.
NOUNA banknote with a denomination of 20., 10-20 (location)., An old English division of infantry.
PROPNA hamlet in Bourne parish, South Kesteven district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF1520).

Variants

  • twenties: Plural

Examples

  • The Davidians lived on a compound called Mount Carmel, twenty miles northeast of Waco, and were well known to local law enforcement, who considered them relatively benign

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  • led to the deaths of at least twenty thousand Polish officers, in what is known as the Katyn massacre

    Source:www.quora.com

  • is the most popular wiki-based website, and is one of the most widely viewed sites in the world , having been ranked in the top twenty since 2007

    Source:en.wikipedia.org

  • In(在) suits(西裝) at(在) common(常見) law(法律), where(哪裏) the(特定的) value(價值) in(在) controversy(爭議) shall exceed(超過) twenty(二十) dollars(美元), the(特定的) right(權利) of(的) trial(審判) by(由) jury(陪審團) shall be(被) preserved(保存), and(和) no(沒有) fact(事實) tried(試圖) by(由) a(一個) jury(陪審團) shall be(被) otherwise(否則) re-examined(檢查) in(在) any(任何) court(法院) of(的) the(特定的) United(團結) States(狀態), than(比) according(根據) to(到) the(特定的) rules(規則) of(的) the(特定的) common(常見) law(法律).

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  • In the past twenty years, against a backdrop of crumbling infrastructure and declining trust in institutions, Musk has sought out business opportunities in crucial areas where, after decades of privatization, the state has receded

    Source:www.newyorker.com

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