TWENTY-TWO

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does twenty-two mean? 

• TWENTY-TWO (noun)
  The noun TWENTY-TWO has 2 senses:

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

2. a .22 caliber firearm (pistol or rifle)

  Familiarity information: TWENTY-TWO used as a noun is rare.

• TWENTY-TWO (adjective)
  The adjective TWENTY-TWO has 1 sense:

1. being two more than twenty

  Familiarity information: TWENTY-TWO used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TWENTY-TWO (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Synonyms:

22; twenty-two; XXII

Hypernyms ("twenty-two" is a kind of...):

large integer (an integer equal to or greater than ten)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A .22 caliber firearm (pistol or rifle)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

.22; twenty-two

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)

• TWENTY-TWO (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Being two more than twenty

Synonyms:

22; twenty-two; xxii

Similar:

cardinal (being or denoting a numerical quantity but not order)

 Context examples 

To him it was a check for twenty-two dollars, that was all, and it would buy him something to eat.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

It was a frame of wood raised three inches from the ground, about seven feet long, and four wide, moving upon twenty-two wheels.

(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)

I am giving these details so that the size of this little floating world which holds twenty-two men may be appreciated.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

"You and I will be twenty-six, Teddy, Beth twenty-four, and Amy twenty-two. What a venerable party!" said Jo.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

Of the twenty-seven products analysed, twenty-two were deemed accurate and reliable.

(Numerous home pregnancy tests recalled after false negative results reported, Wikinews)

Every twenty-two hours.

(Every Twenty-Two Hours, NCI Thesaurus)

She had been solicited, when about two-and-twenty, to change her name, by the young man, who not long afterwards found a more willing mind in her younger sister; and Lady Russell had lamented her refusal; for Charles Musgrove was the eldest son of a man, whose landed property and general importance were second in that country, only to Sir Walter's, and of good character and appearance; and however Lady Russell might have asked yet for something more, while Anne was nineteen, she would have rejoiced to see her at twenty-two so respectably removed from the partialities and injustice of her father's house, and settled so permanently near herself.

(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)

The stipendiary emoluments in consideration of which I entered into the service of—HEEP, always pausing before that word and uttering it with astonishing vigour, were not defined, beyond the pittance of twenty-two shillings and six per week.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

One thin envelope, from a robber magazine, contained for twenty-two dollars.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

I ran my eyes over them—twenty men all told; twenty-two including the man at the wheel and myself.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)