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2️⃣ The number 24 2️⃣ Amounting to 24
twenty-four

twenty-four

56 1.0
A number equal to twenty plus four
  • numeral
  • /ˈtwɛnti fɔr/
translation icon : veinticuatro
  • Intending to spend a week, he discovered after only twenty-four hours that the place was unbearable.
  • twenty-four hours
  • twenty-four hours a day
  • twenty-four or more

Examples

  • The electricity is on twenty-four hours a day, and there are study rooms for the students.

    Academic text (1990)

  • Seven days out of every twenty-four.

    Next Goal Wins (2023)

  • Twenty-four hours in the day.

    Beat the Devil (1953)

  • The Central Telegraph on Gorky Street was open twenty-four hours a day.

    Fiction book (1992)

  • Hundreds of gigabytes of data are piling up hour after hour, twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week.

    Academic text (2009)

  • You'll have the lights burning in the breeding shed twenty-four hours a day.

    Fiction book (1994)

  • Dalin was just twenty-four when he published the first issue of the Argus.

    Academic text (1996)

  • Unfortunately, she was without alternatives: weekday, wee-hour nightlife in Portland was a twenty-four-hour doughnut shop.

    Fiction book (1991)

  • The train departs at twenty-four minutes past the hour.

  • She celebrated her birthday when she turned twenty-four last week.

Synonyms

24
vstwenty-four
∞ 1.0

A number equal to twenty plus four

is the same number written in words rather than numerals
two dozen
vstwenty-four
89 1.0

Twenty-four things counted together

is the exact numeric value rather than a grouped counting expression
XXIV
vstwenty-four
1 5.4

A Roman numeral that stands for 24

is identical in value but written as words not Roman numerals
xxiv
vstwenty-four
7.4

The Roman numeral for twenty-four

is identical in value but written as words not Roman numerals

How Many

fifty
1.0
thirty
∞ 1.0
twenty-five
165 1.0
twenty-four
56 1.0
twenty-three
56 1.0

Surface Forms

twenty-four cardinal word
24 cardinal digit
twenty four cardinal word

Morphology

twenty-four = twenty + four (transparent) = twenty + four

Standard compound numeral formed from 'twenty' + 'four' with meaning equal to their arithmetic sum; directly guessable from components.

Etymology

The word twenty-four is made of twenty ('two tens') and four, so it literally means 'two tens and four' and that is why we say there are twenty-four hours in a day.