twenties

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Noun

1. plural form of twenty
2. The decade of the 1820s, 1920s, 2020s, etc.

   My roommates said they were hosting a twenties party which I assumed meant the 1920s but it turned out the theme was the 1120s BCE.

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

   The waiter was in his twenties.

   • 1954 "The Fellowship of the Ring", J.R.R. Tolkien

     At that time Frodo was still in his tweens, as the hobbits called the irresponsible twenties between childhood and coming of age at thirty-three.

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

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

Synonyms

• 1920s, '20s, 20s

Translations

• French: années vingt, années 20
• German: zwanziger Jahre, Zwanziger

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