twenties
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twenties
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noun 'twenties
- plural of twenty
noun 'twenties
- The third decade of a century: the 1820s, 1920s, 2020s, etc. My roommates said they were hosting a party inspired by the twenties which I assumed meant the 1920s but it turned out the theme was the 1120s BCE.
- The decade of one's life from age 20 through age 29. The waiter was in his twenties.
- The range between 20 and 29. She shivered; twenties by the water felt different than twenties in the mountains.
adjective 'twenties
- From or evoking the 21st through 30th years of a century (chiefly the 1920s). That bob haircut makes you look so twenties.
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Closest in meaning: mid-twenties, onwards, twenty-somethings, twentysomethings, twentyish, vicenarian, vicenary, vicennium, score, tens, teens, eighties, nineties, zeros, seventies, forties
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noun the decade of the 1920s
| Español | años veinte |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 이십년대 isimnyeondae, 20년대 isimnyeondae |
| 日本語 | 二十年代 nijū-nendai, 20年代 nijū-nendai |
| 中文 | 二十年代 èrshí niándài, 20年代 èrshí niándài |
| Français | années vingt, années 20 |
| Deutsch | zwanziger Jahre, Zwanziger, 20er, 1920er |
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title = {twenties},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
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