Twenty-four

//ˌtwɛntiˈfɔː// num

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    the cardinal number that is the sum of twenty-three and one wordnet
Adjective
  1. 1
    being four more than twenty wordnet
Numeral
  1. 1
    The cardinal number immediately following twenty-three and preceding twenty-five.

    ""The guy that just left—what's he got in his lungs?" / "Well, I'm not very sure. But the two best candidates are uranium-233 and plutonium-239, one or both." / "They're in his bones too, aren't they?" / "Yeah, they're both boneseekers. And they've got half-lives of one hundred sixty-two thousand and twenty-four thousand years respectively. So they stay hot for a long time.""

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242424boxcarsdozeneleven

Example

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"Bears also tend to sleep more during the day than at night, although in the summer, with twenty-four hours of light, this does not apply."

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24-hour clocktwenty-four hour clocktwenty-four hour daytwenty-four hours a daytwenty-four seventwenty-fourmotwenty-fours

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