twenty-four

Questions about twenty-four

What does twenty-four mean?

twenty-four means "the cardinal number that is the sum of twenty-three and one". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in twenty-four?

twenty-four has 3 syllables: twen-ty--four. The stress falls on "twen". In IPA it is /ˈtwɛntiˌfɔɹ/.

What is another word for twenty-four?

Close synonyms include 24, XXIV, two dozen, 24, xxiv. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is twenty-four a common word?

twenty-four is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with twenty-four?

6 words rhyme with twenty-four. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.