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   Twenty , a. [OE. twenty, AS. twēntig, twentig; akin to OFries. twintich, OS. twēntig, D. & LG. twintig, OHG. zweinzug, G. zwanzig, Goth. twai tigjis; that is, two tens. See Twain, Two, and Ten.]
   One more than nineteen; twice ten; as, twenty men.
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   An indefinite number more or less that twenty.
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   Maximilian, upon twenty respects, could not have been the man.
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   Twenty, n.; pl. Twenties .
   The number next following nineteen; the sum of twelve and eight, or twice ten; twenty units or objects; a score.
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   A symbol representing twenty units, as 20, or xx.
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