twenty-four

[ twen-tee-fawr, -fohr, twuhn- ]

noun

1. a cardinal number, 20 plus 4.
2. a symbol for this number, as 24 or XXIV.
3. a set of this many persons or things.

adjective

1. amounting to 24 in number.

Example Sentences

Inside was Mandelbaum, her twenty-four-year-old son Julius, and her most trusted confidant, Herman Stoude.

From The Daily Beast

A lot has happened along the way, such as twenty-four other Grisham bestsellers, totaling a quarter of a billion books sold.

From The Daily Beast

Twenty-four years and three months is a long time to stay in power, even for a dictator in the Horn of Africa.

From The Daily Beast

Twenty-four Senate Republicans have put out statements saying shutting down the government over Obamacare would be ridiculous.

From The Daily Beast

They find a few ounces of meth in the car and detain him for twenty four hours.

From The Daily Beast

On four bells there are four times as many changes as on three; that is—four times six changes, which makes Twenty-four.

From Project Gutenberg

The product is then multiplied by the number of cubic centimeters voided in twenty-four hours and divided by 1000.

From Project Gutenberg

The exercise of learning the names of the twenty-four Presidents is a good one for this purpose.

From Project Gutenberg

Twenty-four hours at a Genevese hotel were got through by Georgie and her cousin without difficulty.

From Project Gutenberg

The meeting took place within twenty-four hours; unfortunately the result was fatal.

From Project Gutenberg