What does twenties mean?

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. twenties, mid-twentiesnoun

    the time of life between 20 and 30

  2. twenties, 1920snoun

    the decade from 1920 to 1929

Wiktionary

  1. twentiesnoun

    Twenty-dollar bills.

  2. twentiesnoun

    The decade of the 1820s, 1920s, 2020s, etc.

  3. twentiesnoun

    The decade of one's life from age 20 through age 29.

    The waiter was in his twenties.

  4. twentiesnoun

    Plural form of twenty.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Twenties

    of Twenty

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    Rank popularity for the word 'twenties' in Written Corpus Frequency: #4027

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of twenties in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of twenties in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of twenties in a Sentence

  1. Dwayne Johnson:

    In my twenties, it all hit so fast and so big that it was a little overwhelming — wonderful, obviously, and I’m very grateful for it. But it got to a level also where the kinds of things that I was being offered were not the kinds of things I want to do, i was constantly being offered horror films, because I was known for horror films. Or bad romantic comedies. I just wasn’t interested in the scripts and I was feeling a bit unhappy with the things that were coming to me. And I was feeling a little bored with the whole thing. I thought, ‘I want a change.’ So, I moved to London.

  2. Heidi Montag:

    I wanted a baby three years ago, spencer was a little hesitant. Then one thing after another came up. We had work obligations, like ‘ Celebrity Big Brother ’ in the U.K., which I did not want to be pregnant for. I ’m actually really thankful we waited. I thought I was ready in my twenties, but with everything we had going on, it just would n’t have been a good situation for us. Pratt added.

  3. Reza Merchant:

    We're now in a position where most people in their first or second jobs, in their early to late twenties can't even afford to rent a studio flat or one-bedroom flat.

  4. Alexis Tsipras:

    Sadly, we lost this generation due to the bailouts. The generation of people in their twenties today, young people, young scientists go abroad, unfortunately.

  5. Ganga Sagar Pant:

    Had I not spent more than sixty percent of time thinking about sex in my early twenties, I could have reached sixty percent higher than what I am now! The red interest hidden in the black!

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