twenty-three

1 of 3

adjective

: being one more than 22 in number

twenty-three years

see Table of Numbers

twenty-three

2 of 3

pronoun, plural in construction

"

: 23 countable persons or things not specified but under consideration and being enumerated

twenty-three are here

twenty-three were found

twenty-three

3 of 3

noun

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1

: three and 20

2

a

: 23 units or objects

a total of twenty-three

b

: a group or set of 23

3

: the numerable quantity symbolized by the arabic numerals 23

4

: the 23d in a set or series

especially : an article of clothing of the 23d size

wears a twenty-three

5

: a railway telegraph signal for a message of greatest urgency

6

: the end : that's all compare twenty-three skiddoo

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