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twentyfour

twentyfour is the alternative form of twenty-four.

Meaning of twenty-four

Numeral

twenty-four

  1. The cardinal number immediately following twenty-three and preceding twenty-five.
    • "The guy that just left—what's he got in his lungs?" / "Well, I'm not very sure. But the two best candidates are uranium-233 and plutonium-239, one or both." / "They're in his bones too, aren't they?" / "Yeah, they're both boneseekers. And they've got half-lives of one hundred sixty-two thousand...1985, Michael Swanwick, “Boneseeker”, in In the Drift (New Ace Science Fiction Specials; series 3), New York, N.Y.: Ace Science Fiction Books, →ISBN; republished New York, N.Y.: Dover Publications...
    Synonyms:
    four and twenty, 24, XXIV

Questions about twentyfour

What is twentyfour the alternative form of?
Twentyfour is the alternative form of twenty-four.

Words near twentyfour in the dictionary

  1. Twenty20
  2. twentyeight
  3. twentyfirst
  4. twentyfive
  5. twentyfold
  6. twentyfour
  7. twentyfourmo
  8. twentyfourmos
  9. twentyish
  10. Twentyman
  11. twentyness

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