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TWENTY-TWO
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A .22 caliber firearm (pistol or rifle)
Synonyms:
.22; twenty-two
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("twenty-two" is a kind of...):
firearm; piece; small-arm (a portable gun)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "twenty-two"):
twenty-two pistol (a .22-caliber pistol)
twenty-two rifle (a .22-caliber rifle)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The cardinal number that is the sum of twenty-one and one
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Hypernyms ("twenty-two" is a kind of...):
large integer (an integer equal to or greater than ten)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Being two more than twenty
Synonyms:
22; twenty-two; xxii
Classified under:
Similar:
cardinal (being or denoting a numerical quantity but not order)
Context examples:
Father agreed to finance me for a year and after various delays I came east, permanently, I thought, in the spring of twenty-two.
(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)
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