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Definition of twenty one in English English dictionary
- The cardinal number occurring after twenty and before twenty-two, represented in Roman numerals as XXI and in Arabic numerals as 21
- Another name for blackjack
- twenty-one hundred
- The number two thousand one hundred
- twenty-one hundred
- The start of the twenty-second hour of the day on the 24-hour clock i.e. 21: 00
- twenty-one hundred
- The year 2100
- one hundred twenty
- being ten more than one hundred ten
- one hundred twenty-five
- being five more that one hundred twenty
- twenty-one
- a gambling game using cards; the object is to hold cards having a higher count than those dealt to the bank up to but not exceeding 21
- twenty-one
- the cardinal number that is the sum of twenty and one
- twenty-one
- the cardinal number that is the sum of twenty and one being one more than twenty
- twenty-one
- being one more than twenty
- twenty-one
- a card game, usually played for money British Equivalent: pontoon (Translation of vingt-et-un; from the winning total)
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twenty one
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twen·ty oneTurkish pronunciation
tweni hwʌnPronunciation
/ˈtwenē ˈhwən/ /ˈtwɛniː ˈhwʌn/
Etymology
[ 'twen-tE, 'tw&n- ] (noun.) 15th century. Middle English, from twenty, adjective, from Old English twEntig, noun, group of 20, from twEn- + -tig group of 10; akin to Old English tIen ten; more at TWO, TEN.Resimler
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