"twenties" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Rhymes: -ɛntiz Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} twenties (not comparable)
  1. From or evoking the 21st through 30th years of a century (chiefly the 1920s). Tags: not-comparable
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms (of the decade): 'twenties
Disambiguation of 'of the decade': 3 47 45 0 4

Noun [English]

Rhymes: -ɛntiz Head templates: {{head|en|noun form}} twenties
  1. plural of twenty Tags: form-of, plural Form of: twenty
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Disambiguation of 'of the decade': 3 47 45 0 4

Noun [English]

Rhymes: -ɛntiz Head templates: {{en-noun|p}} twenties pl (plural only)
  1. The decade of the 1820s, 1920s, 2020s, etc. Tags: plural, plural-only Categories (topical): Decades Translations (the decade of the 1920s): jaren twintig [neuter, plural] (Dutch), jaren 20 [neuter, plural] (Dutch), jaren 1920 [neuter, plural] (Dutch), kaksikymmentäluku (Finnish), années vingt [feminine, plural] (French), années 20 [feminine, plural] (French), 20-იანი წლები (20-iani c̣lebi) (Georgian), ოციანი წლები (ociani c̣lebi) (Georgian), 20-იანები (20-ianebi) (Georgian), ოციანები (ocianebi) (Georgian), 1920-იანი წლები (1920-iani c̣lebi) (Georgian), 1920-იანები (1920-ianebi) (Georgian), zwanziger Jahre [neuter, plural] (German), Zwanziger [plural] (German), húszas évek (Hungarian), fichidí [masculine, plural] (Irish), 二十年代 (nijū-nendai) (Japanese), 20年代 (nijū-nendai) (Japanese), 20년대 (isimnyeondae) (Korean), lata dwudzieste [plural] (Polish), lata 20. [plural] (Polish), años veinte (Spanish), tjugotalet [neuter] (Swedish), ugeiniau [masculine, plural] (Welsh), dauddegau [masculine, plural] (Welsh)
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  2. The decade of one's life from age 20 through age 29. Tags: plural, plural-only
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  3. (temperature, rates, plural only) The range between 20 and 29. Tags: plural, plural-only
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: 1920s, 2020s, '20s, 20s Synonyms (of the decade): 'twenties
Disambiguation of 'of the decade': 3 47 45 0 4 Related terms: tween, twentysomething, vicenarian, 1700s · 1710s · 1720s · 1730s · 1740s · 1750s · 1760s · 1770s · 1780s · 1790s, 1800s · 1810s · 1820s · 1830s · 1840s · 1850s · 1860s · 1870s · 1880s · 1890s, 1900s · 1910s · 1920s · 1930s · 1940s · 1950s · 1960s · 1970s · 1980s · 1990s, 2000s · 2010s · 2020s · 2030s · 2040s · 2050s · 2060s · 2070s · 2080s · 2090s, 2100s · 2110s · 2120s · 2130s · 2140s · 2150s · 2160s · 2170s · 2180s · 2190s, 2200s · 2210s · 2220s · 2230s · 2240s · 2250s · 2260s · 2270s · 2280s · 2290s, 00s · 10s · 20s · 30s · 40s · 50s · 60s · 70s · 80s · 90s, '00s · '10s · '20s · '30s · '40s · '50s · '60s · '70s · '80s · '90s, 00's · 10's · 20's · 30's · 40's · 50's · 60's · 70's · 80's · 90's, zeros, zeroes, aughts, noughties, oughts · oneties, tens, teens · twenties · thirties · forties · fifties · sixties · seventies · eighties · nineties, Gay Nineties · Naughty Nineties · Roaring Twenties · Dirty Thirties · Swinging Sixties
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