twenty-two

A cardinal number representing the integer after twenty-one and before twenty-three.

• 🇪🇸Adjetivo y número cardinal que indica la cantidad de veinte más dos. También se usa para designar la posición número veintidós en una serie.

1. Number A1 formal

   Being two more than twenty in number.

   • There are twenty-two students in the class.
   • She is twenty-two years old.
   • The book has twenty-two chapters.

   🇪🇸veintidós

   Sinónimos: xxii

• more twenty-two comparative form
• most twenty-two superlative form

A noun referring to the cardinal number that is the sum of twenty-one and one, or a .22 caliber firearm.

• 🇪🇸Sustantivo que designa el número entero veintidós, o un arma de fuego de calibre .22.

1. Number A1 formal

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

   • There are twenty-two students in the class.
   • She turned twenty-two last week.
   • The page number is twenty-two.

   🇪🇸Número veintidós

2. Firearm B2 informal

   A .22 caliber firearm, such as a pistol or rifle.

   • He keeps a twenty-two for target practice.
   • The hunter used a twenty-two to shoot small game.
   • She cleaned her twenty-two after the shooting range.

   🇪🇸arma calibre .22

• twenty-twos plural form
• twenty-twos' possessive plural form
• twenty-two's possessive singular form