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twenties

/twˈɛntiz/noun2 syllables

Twenties means: the time of life between 20 and 30.

Synonyms for twenties5

noun, as in the time of life between 20 and 30

mid-twenties

noun, as in the decade from 1920 to 1929

1920s

also used for twenties

2020s, '20s, 20s

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What does twenties mean?2

noun

1

the time of life between 20 and 30

2

the decade from 1920 to 1929

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Twenties in a sentence

  • I'd like three twenties, six fives, and the rest in ones.CK
  • As a poet, he flowered in his twenties.AlanF_US
  • He looks old, but he is still in his twenties.CK
  • She can't have been in her twenties at that time.CK
  • She can't be over thirty; she must still be in her twenties.sundown
  • She worked as an aerobics instructor in her twenties.CK
  • Tobias told us a story from when he was in his twenties.Amastan
  • Igor was in his late teens or early twenties.Amastan

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