twenty-two
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- numeral
- /ˈtwɛnti tu/
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veintidós
- As if on cue, we see a young woman of about twenty-two enter the room.
- twenty-two years
- twenty-two percent
- twenty-two years old
Examples
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Sometimes it was hard for her to remember how she had looked then, twenty-two years ago.
Fiction book (1992) -
Khamad Jan, age twenty-two, remembers that, as a youngster, he was a good student who enjoyed academics.
Academic text (2011) -
Twenty-two weeks the men were out as the strike moved into winter.
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Twenty-two countries in three days.
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I just can't imagine being older than twenty-two; I have no experience at it.
Fiction book (1990) -
The subjects responded to twenty-two items identifying their level of agreement with educational reform considerations.
Academic text (1992) -
Interviews were conducted with a total of twenty-two political journalists from ten dailies during the same time period.
Academic text (1993) -
Forty-three percent of those have attended more than one semester, with twenty-two children having gone more than one semester.
Academic text (1993) -
Mother was an invalid for twenty-two years due to a very disabling stroke.
Academic text (1999) -
At twenty-two, she graduated from university and began her career.
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Etymology
Twenty-two is simply the number words twenty and two, meaning 'twenty' and 'two'. So it literally means 20 plus 2, which is the number 22.