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- numeral
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veintitrés
- There are 23 students in the classroom today.
- aged 23
- 23 years old
- 23 districts
Examples
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I worked there for 23 years.
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25, 24, 23, 22, 21, 20.
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How many weeks is 23 days?
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Look, Mickey, our flight is leaving in three hours and 23 minutes.
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23 miles north of the White House.
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The jury was unable to reach a verdict on the other 23 charges.
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Now, by my calculations, there are 23 sensors in and about the house.
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The majority of participants were women (n = 23), compared to the number of men (n = 8).
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Among the 25 million persons reporting both chronic conditions and disabilities, 23% were uninsured during the average year.
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The participants' ages ranged from 23 to 59 years, with a mean age of 34 (SD = 9.69).
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Synonyms
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The number after twenty-two and before twenty-four
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A sign that shows the number 23 in Roman numerals
Compounds
The night before Midsummer Day when people in some countries celebrate with bonfires and festivals
Surface Forms
Etymology
23 Is spoken as twenty-three, combining twenty ('two tens') and three, so it simply means 'two tens plus three'.