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Twenties

The decade of the 1820s, 1920s, 2020s, etc.

📖 Definitions of "Twenties"

noun
  1. 1

    The decade of the 1820s, 1920s, 2020s, etc.

  2. 2

    The decade of one's life from age 20 through age 29.

    "The waiter was in his twenties."

  3. 3

    (temperature, rates) The range between 20 and 29.

    "She shivered; twenties by the water felt different than twenties in the mountains."

noun
  1. 1

    A banknote with a denomination of 20.

    "The waiter’s face lit up when I gave him a twenty."

  2. 2

    10-20 (location).

    "What’s your twenty, good buddy?"

  3. 3

    An old English division of infantry.

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