twenty-five

Language: en

🇬🇧 /ˌtwɛntiˈːfaɪv/ 🇺🇸 /ˈtwɛntiːˌfaɪv/

📖 Definitions

  1. noun
    The cardinal number that is the sum of twenty-four and one; the number 25.; A group or set of twenty-five items or people.; The twenty-fifth anniversary of an event, especially a wedding.
  2. adjective
    Being one more than twenty-four in number; amounting to 25.
  3. noun
    A playing card, die face, or domino tile with twenty-five pips (in certain games).; A twenty-five-cent coin; a quarter (US informal).

🔗 Details

Word forms

countable Plural: twenty-fives

Collocations

twenty-five yearstwenty-five percenttwenty-five centstwenty-five thousandtwenty-five years old

Derivatives

twenty-fifth

Synonyms

25a quarter of a hundred

Commonly confused

twenty five
EN: Compound numbers from twenty-one to ninety-nine should always be hyphenated when used as adjectives or nouns.

Spelling tips

EN: Always hyphenate compound numbers between twenty-one and ninety-nine (e.g., 'twenty-five,' not 'twenty five').

💬 Examples

  1. There are twenty-five students in the class.

  2. The committee consists of a twenty-five.

  3. They celebrated their twenty-five with a silver wedding party.

  4. She has twenty-five years of experience in the field.

  5. He rolled a twenty-five on the dice.

  6. I found a twenty-five on the sidewalk.