"twenty-one" meaning in English

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Determiner

IPA: /ˌtwɛntiˈwʌn/ Audio: en-us-twenty-one.ogg [US] Forms: twenty-one
enPR: twĕn'tē wŭnʹ Head templates: {{determiner}} [POS TABLE]
  1. ordinal twenty-first) The number 21. Tags: plural
    Sense id: simple-twenty-one-en-det-twfnu-L5 Categories (other): Cardinal numbers, Count determiners, Indefinite determiners, Plural determiners
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