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'20s

'20s is the alternative spelling of 20s.

Meaning of 20s

Noun

20s pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) The decade of the 2020s.
    Synonyms:
    2020s, twenties
  2. (plural, plural-only) The decade of the 1920s.
    Synonyms:
    1920s, twenties
  3. (plural, plural-only) A range of the numbers twenty (20) to twenty-nine (29).
    • In his 20s he was a freelance window cleaner, 50p a pane, when one of his clients – a lady in Aberystwyth – asked if he would clear out a vacated property she managed.2025 September 23, Tom Lamont, “The human stain remover: what Britain’s greatest extreme cleaner learned from 25 years on the job”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 25 Sep 2025

Questions about '20s

What is '20s the alternative spelling of?
'20s is the alternative spelling of 20s.

Words near '20s in the dictionary

  1. &lits
  2. '
  3. '00s
  4. '10s
  5. '14-'18
  6. '20s
  7. '30s
  8. '40s
  9. '45
  10. '50s
  11. '50s progression

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