twenty
/ˈtwɛnti/
noun
Two groups of ten
“There are twenty students in our class.”
עשרים
Twenty is a noun in the numbers category. It is a advanced (ages 11-12) word, meaning "Two groups of ten" In Hebrew, twenty translates to עשרים.
Example Sentences
- She saved twenty coins in her piggy bank to buy a new book.
- The school has twenty classrooms spread across two floors.
- There are twenty players on the field in a football match.
Did You Know? Twenty is called a "score" in old-fashioned English — the famous phrase "four score and seven years ago" from American history means 87 years! In the card game Blackjack, the goal is to get to twenty-one without going over. Humans have twenty baby teeth that eventually fall out and are replaced by adult teeth.
Common Word Combinations
twenty minutestwenty yearstop twentytwenty four seven
Related Words
scorethirtytenforty
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