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Definition of Twenty-five

1. Adjective. Being five more than twenty.

2. Noun. The cardinal number that is the sum of twenty-four and one.

Definition of Twenty-five

1. Number. The cardinal number immediately following twenty-four and preceding twenty-six. ¹

2. Noun. A solitaire card game with the goal of making a five-by-five square of cards so that every row and column is valid. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Twenty-five

twelveth twenny twentie twenties twentieth twentiethly twentieths twenty twenty-eight twenty-eighth

twenty-eighths twenty-fifth twenty-fifths twenty-first twenty-firsts twenty-five (current term) twenty-five-eight twenty-five-thousander twenty-five-thousanders twenty-five/eight

twenty-five past twenty-five percent twenty-five to twenty-four twenty-four hours twenty-four seven twenty-fourmo twenty-fourth twenty-fourths twenty-minute egg

Literary usage of Twenty-five

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Roughing It by Mark Twain (2001)
"But that was all we could take—twenty-five pounds each. So we had to snatch our trunks open, ... We put our lawful twenty-five pounds apiece ..."

2. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"Under the law previous to that date, men under the age of twenty- five and women under the age of twenty-one could not marry without the consent of their ..."

3. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1889)
"186] Tested by that rule, did the addition of the words "but not to extend beyond twenty-five years from the date of the approval of this Act" operate to ..."

4. Transactions by Massachusetts Horticultural Society (1902)
"10 00 Second, John Pritchard 8 00 Third, WH Elliott 6 00 twenty-five blooms of Meteor ... 10 00 twenty-five blooms of Souvenir de President Carnot: First, ..."

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