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Meaning of twenties

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

twenties

noun

Definitions

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

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

    Example: The waiter was in his twenties.

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

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

noun

Definitions

  1. A banknote with a denomination of 20.

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

  2. 10-20 (location).

    Example: What’s your twenty, good buddy?

  3. An old English division of infantry.