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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
twen•ti•eth  (twen′tē ith, twun′-),USA pronunciation adj. 
  1. next after the nineteenth;
    being the ordinal number for 20.
  2. being one of 20 equal parts.

n. 
  1. a twentieth part, esp. of one (1⁄20).
  2. the twentieth member of a series.
  • Middle English twentithe, Old English twentigotha. See twenty, -eth2 bef. 900

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
twentieth /ˈtwɛntɪɪθ/ adj
  1. (usually prenominal)
    • coming after the nineteenth in numbering or counting order, position, time, etc; being the ordinal number of twenty: often written 20th
    • (as noun): he left on the twentieth
 n
    • one of 20 approximately equal parts of something
    • (as modifier): a twentieth part
  2. the fraction that is equal to one divided by 20 ( 1⁄20)
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
twen•ty /ˈtwɛnti, ˈtwʌn-/USA pronunciation   n., pl. -ties, adj. 
n. [countable]
  1. a cardinal number, 10 times 2.
  2. a symbol for this number, as 20 or XX.
  3. a set of this many persons or things.
  4. Informal Termsa twenty-dollar bill.
  5. twenties, the numbers from 20 through 29, as in referring to the years of a lifetime or of a century or to degrees of temperature:the roaring twenties;He's in his late twenties;temperature in the low twenties.

adj. [before a noun]
  1. amounting to 20 in number.
twen•ti•eth, adj., n. [countable]

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
twen•ty  (twen′tē, twun′-),USA pronunciation n., pl. -ties, adj. 
n. 
  1. a cardinal number, 10 times 2.
  2. a symbol for this number, as 20 or XX.
  3. a set of this many persons or things.
  4. Informal Termsa twenty-dollar bill:Can you give me two tens for a twenty?
  5. twenties, the numbers, years, degrees, or the like, from 20 through 29, as in referring to numbered streets, indicating the years of a lifetime or of a century, or referring to degrees of temperature:He lives in the West Twenties. She's in her early twenties. The temperature must be in the high twenties today.

adj. 
  1. amounting to 20 in number.
  • bef. 900; Middle English; Old English twēntig; cognate with Old Frisian tw(e)intich, Old High German zweinzug (German zwanzig), Gothic twai tigjus two tens

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