twenties
pronunciation
How to pronounce twenties in British English:
UK [t'wentɪz]
How to pronounce twenties in American English:
US [t'wentɪz]
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- Noun:
- the time of life between 20 and 30
- the decade from 1920 to 1929
Word Origin
- twenties (n.)
- 1829 as the years of someone's life between 20 and 29; 1830 as the third decade of years in a given century. See twenty.
Example
- 1. An illness in his twenties confined him to a wheelchair but did little to curb his energy and enthusiasm .
- 2. I remember when I was promoted from a humble engineer to the dizzy heights of project manager back in my twenties .
- 3. When she was in her twenties , and appearing on " dallas , " her parents broke away from the church .
- 4. The gunmen , most of them apparently in their twenties , wearing t-shirts , black shirts and jeans , came ashore in black and yellow inflatable rubber dinghies .
- 5. But within a few years , she encountered the classic female " juggle " : after marrying in her twenties ( the marriage did not last ) she had a son when she was 30 , and then a second son two years later , just after being promoted to partner .