2️⃣ The number 24 2️⃣ Amounting to 24

twenty-four

35 1.0

Being the number twenty plus four

adjective
/ˈtwɛnti fɔr/

: veinticuatro

- Twenty-four, maybe 30 hours.
twenty-four hours
twenty-four years old
twenty-four percent

Examples

We have a difficult and time-committed job. Clients expect availability twenty-four hours a day.

Academic text (2017)
Twenty-four hours won't make any difference?

The Guard (2011)
But it was going to take time, and less than twenty-four hours remained.

Fiction book (1996)
You could light a candle here in the tent twenty-four hours a day.

Fiction book (1993)
We really could spend twenty-four hours a day doing PD, but that approach isn't practical.

Academic text (2015)
Twenty-four hours a day.

The Running Man (1987)
Most large-system customers need twenty-four-hour-a-day availability, seven days a week; failures are intolerable.

Academic text (1999)
Therefore we earnestly advise you, Sir Arthur that all foreign residents, including diplomatic personnel, should leave Peking within twenty-four hours.

55 Days at Peking (1963)
The store is open twenty-four hours every day, allowing customers to shop at any time.
After walking twenty-four miles, we finally reached the campsite and set up our tents.

Synonyms

vstwenty-four

∞ 1.0

A number equal to twenty plus four

is the word form rather than numeric digits

xxiv

vstwenty-four

7.4

The Roman numeral for twenty-four

is the word form rather than a Roman numeral

How Many

one hundred

194 1.0

twenty-six

26 1.0

twenty-four

35 1.0

twenty-two

56 1.0

twenty

∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

twenty-four positive

twenty four positive

Morphology

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

Adjectival use of the numeral is a direct application of the compound numeral 'twenty-four'; meaning is directly derived from the components.

Etymology

The word twenty-four is made of twenty ('two tens') and four, meaning 'four more than twenty', so it describes any number or amount that equals 24.